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Undressing Extraordinary

19013 minUnited Kingdom
Comedy

Synopsis

A tired traveller tries to get undressed and go to bed. Clothes and objects refuse to behave normally, turning the simplest part of his evening into a baffling struggle.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
3:36
Subtitles
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Walter R. Booth · Public domain

DirectorsWalter R. Booth

Behind the scenes

Walter R. Booth uses trick photography to make ordinary possessions resist their owner. The comedy depends on repeating a practical action while continually denying its expected result.

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