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Henri André Chapais, known as André Deed (22 February 1879 – 4 October 1940), was a French actor and director, best known for his Foolshead comedies, produced in the 1900s and 1910s. André Deed was one of the first named actors in cinema, and his film series based around Foolshead were a global success.
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20 December 1902
Georges Méliès adaptation of Robinson Crusoe, the first film adaptation of the story. Filmed in black & white, Méliès would then paint the film by hand to colour it.
30 September 1932
Léon is hired by a detective agency to monitor a music hall star whose friend is extremely jealous.
01 February 1901
A clown performs various feats of magic based on his ability to detach and reattach different parts of his body.
01 August 1906
Andre Deed is moving out, so he has hired some guys with a cart to move his stuff...... and they have a drink to seal the deal.
16 September 1911
Moving Cretinetti style: a tornado of furniture.
02 February 1909
A quarrel in a club room leads to a duel between two of the characters. Honor is satisfied by the usual "continental scratch" and the affair ends.
31 March 1923
In the Le Mans railway station, Oscar Ribouis is waiting for the connection that will lead him to Rennes, his home town.
12 January 1909
A scientist's reckless experiment turns a man into a half-ape creature, whose monkey-like antics bring confusion and alarm to his surroundings.
12 August 1908
In this comedy we see a fellow giving orders to the cook to put plenty of garlic in his food, and she complies with his wishes by giving everything an extra dose of the unpleasant ingredient.
05 October 1913
Boireau makes a mess, gets pushed around and ends up a gingerbread man.
13 May 1911
Andre Deed was a leading player in short Italian comedies in this period under the character name of Cretinetti, and Italian slapstick was much rougher and far more bone-breaking than anything Americans would regularly view.
06 October 1908
The mishaps of a man who steps into the street wearing his brand-new white suit, and who instantly encounters every conceivable insult to his suit's integrity: a coalman bumps into him, a waiter spills food on him, a painter walks into him.
07 June 1910
Cretinetti wakes up in the middle of his sleep and finds himself in outlandish situations, walking through a mirror and falling through the roof.
01 February 1911
Cretinetti tries to bring a gift to his sweetheart. He loses the flowers. The tableware set breaks into pieces.
22 March 1912
André Deed in the persona of a juvenile Boireau, has two ambitions: to get along with pretty schoolgirl Valentina Frascaroli and to punch his teacher in the head.
04 May 1923
Jacques Chauvry, the new government delegate for a French protectorate in Cambodia, meets the young Soun who, due to a series of circumstances, will become heir to land that houses a large oil field.
01 November 1909
Cretinetti meddles with things and lands into trouble every time, having his head forged on an anvil and falling into a pit on a construction site.
16 December 1912
A pasha invites a photographer to his harem. A belly dancer performs for him, and then seduces him, getting him into trouble There are two versions of this film, one with a fully clothed dancer, and a second where she is scantily dressed.
25 July 1903
At the royal court, a prince is presenting the princess whom he is pledged to marry when a witch suddenly appears.
01 January 1909
The set-up here is that Cretinetti has been invited to a friend's wedding and dressed up in a fine new outfit, which so impresses every woman he sees that they wind up pursuing him en masse -- along with a couple of men.
19 March 1908
The first scene presents before the astonished eyes of the spectators a solid piece of marble, which the minute it is placed on a table seems to take life, and one can follow a snake-like line branding on the polished face of the stone the name of the house of Pathé Frères.
15 February 1932
In her village, Ms. Husson seeks to put a price under a rosiere but finding no worthy young pretty gr
01 November 1921
The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.
18 June 1937
A washerwoman works so long for the same bosses that she gets to like their young son very much. One day she is unjustly accused of robbery, and dismissed.
31 December 1911
Another nice Christmas comedy, produced by Itala Films, with André Deed in his famous Cretinetti character.
16 October 1932
Two young lovers. An arranged marriage. An older groom. The lovers develop a plan to convince the groom that she is unworthy and also to discredit him.
22 November 1912
At a prize fight, Deed gets into a fight of his own with two other spectators and gets thrown out. He goes to a boxing instructor, and after one lesson, he sets out for revenge.
01 April 1909
Cretinetti sidesteps his creditors using several amazing tricks.
04 October 1906
The proud owner of a new car gets behind the wheel for the first time and weaves down the street, hitting everything from lamp-posts to market stalls and baby carriages.
09 August 1910
Cretinetti's cab runs out of gas and ends up blocking traffic.
16 December 1910
Spoiled little Cretinetti almost destroys Christmas....
02 August 1908
In this picture we see a man who is vested with authority to enforce the law, but, unlike the usual sort of men occupying the same position, he is so kind-hearted that ofttimes he is governed by his sentiments, and is very indiscreet in meting out just punishment to offenders, He is patrolling in the country, where lawbreakers are not numerous, but once in a while it will happen that somebody is guilty of an act that is not just in keeping with propriety.
19 May 1911
Short comedy in which Gribouille (Cretinetti) loses his two lovers to two gentlemen.
04 May 1906
A drunk man is going to buy more drink at his wife's expense, which he takes advantage of to get more drunk.
06 April 1906
While a balloon merchant sleeps on a river bank, a group of children steal his balloons and attach them to the hat of an old lady.
26 December 1909
Comedy from a series about the character Cretinetti (Gibrouille). He is organizing a Christmas party but it ends up being a total mess.
25 July 1907
An inept marching band heads off to the competition, and then celebrates their surprising victory.
02 September 1906
When Hell gets boring, head for Paris.
24 May 1907
Boireau's father keeps trying to apprentice him to a different trade. Each time, the youngster annoys the customers and destroys the goods and property.
10 October 1906
The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess.
02 January 1913
Boireau is sleeping in his bed, floating in the air, when a fire wakes him. So he takes his gun and shoots a fish down from the sky.
01 November 1915
Cretinetti is about to get married and he could not be any happier and more in love with his Junoesque consort.
17 May 1914
Andre Deed loves his cigars, but not everyone does. He heads off to a tea social, where the hostess disapproves of tobacco.
08 September 1912
Boireau's flamboyant military costume gets stuck everywhere he goes.
12 March 1908
Jim's mother brings him to an architect's office to secure a position for him, and he is accepted. After clinging lovingly to his ma, he is induced to abandon his strangle hold, and he is taken into the drafting room.
15 January 1910
Cretinetti goes hunting with his friends, stalking the ferocious Chicken, and produces a typical Italian slapstick, which makes your typical Keystone slapstick look like tea time at the Ritz.
16 December 1912
Andre Deed sees Valentina Frascaroli shoot a man who annoys her in the street and is enchanted. He decides the way to win her affection is to swap clothes with the guy who cleans his apartment, and swagger about the cheap Montmartre saloons.
09 February 1914
Boireau, apprentice mason, and a coalman fight it out for the affections of the cook.
26 June 1909
André Deed is tired of being beat up, so a strong man has no trouble selling him one of the springs with handles at either end.
