Suffrage Slapstick

By Miss Cellania in Film, Video Clips on Apr 21, 2008 at 10:31 am


(YouTube link)

In this silent film from 1899, two ladies (male actors play the parts) are engaged in some sort of excited exchange when two men play a trick on them. From the YouTube page:

The film doesn’t make clear why they deserve this attack, but an accompanying set of cards produced by the production company indicates that the ladies were engaged in a discussion about the then pressing political issue of women’s suffrage.

From the British Film Institute National Archive. Link


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  1. roger
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 10:34 am

    I want my one minute back

  2. Christophe
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    1899 humour is… special.

    1 point for the technical feat though.

  3. oezicomix
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    is this really early monty python material? i love the front-back switch the camera does twice to change perspective.

  4. Alex
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    Who knew the ladies of 1899 could teleport …

  5. Ali S.
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    Hmm. A clip against the suffrage of women? Damn you 1899!

  6. Louisa
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    I see English male humor hasn’t changed at all in a hundred years (or ever). The teleportation was quite an amazing feat for the time!

  7. ted
    Apr 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 am

    Yes, it was like the gay 90′s version of Star Trek.


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