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A Lively Quarter-day

Chaos reigns as the removal men do their worst…

Comedy 1906 6 mins Silent

Overview

'Lively' doesn’t begin to describe this landlady's ordeal as she tries to get a room ready for a new tenant in this entertainingly chaotic comedy. A trio of incompetent removal men reduce the furniture to kindling, then cause an explosion when they wreck a gaslight fitting. Fortunately the tenant, when he arrives, has a trick or two up his sleeve...

This is a film of two halves: starting with energetic slapstick - involving plenty of stunt furniture - as the removal men do their worst, and ending with some very effective trick work, mostly achieved with reverse filming, as the admirably composed tenant magically returns everything to order.

Director

J.H. Martin

Genres

Comedy and Trick film

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Subjects

Furniture

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