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It is the Reviews That are Hilarious, Not the Vintage Film!!


There were 11 or 12 reviews of this film at the time that I read them, headed up by a review with the appellation, "Hilarious". What is truly hilarious and not a little alarming is watching while we as a civilization push the frontiers of ignorance even further with most of the reviews I read(now I did say MOST). Evidently the writers of said reviews are only marginally cognizant of the fact that the art of film was still in its infancy in 1907!! Really great entertainment value in reading the castings about of appparently a bunch of dumb youngsters or even dumber (they should know better?) old people. Reminds me of the reviews I have read by people who complain about the special effects for the movie, "2001:A Space Odyssey". Yes, I think that just about nails it! Hilarious indeed! As they are wont to say, "You cannot write stuff this good." Real stupidity, aged in the skull, will always surpass the best comic script.

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To be fair, this is a bad movie, even considering the time. Even Edison's trick films have held up better.

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