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Voidsville Follies

Works featuring "magical mutiny gag" (7)

Where rebellious inanimate objects refuse to obey natural physical laws.

The Bewitched Inn (L'auberge ensorcelée)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1897, month unknown
Minutes: 2

Traveler enters an inn to rest, but magically mutinous objects refuse to remain inanimate. [Star Film 122-123]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; haunted house; magical mutiny gag

Going to Bed Under Difficulties (Le Déshabillage impossible)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1900, month unknown
Minutes: 2

Man finds it impossible to undress for bed, because new clothes magically keep appearing on him. [Star Film 312-313]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

How He Missed His Train

Georges Méliès (director)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1900, month unknown
Minutes: 1

Getting out of bed under difficulties...One man learns to embrace his Inner Slacker. [Star Film 322]

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

Undressing Extraordinary

Walter R. Booth (director)
R.W. Paul's (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1901, month unknown
Minutes: 3

Man finds it impossible to undress for bed, because new clothes magically keep appearing on him. Remake of 'Going to Bed Under Difficulties (Le Déshabillage impossible)'.

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

The Inn Where No Man Rests (L'auberge du bon repos)

Georges Méliès (director/lead)
Star (production)

Language: Silent, released in Jun 1903
Minutes: 5

Drunk gags + 'Bewitched Inn' + 'Going to Bed Under Difficulties' + chase, all rolled into one. [Star Film 465-469]

Featured elements:

: boozy-woozy; chase; comedy; fantasy; haunted house; magical mutiny gag

How Monsieur Takes His Bath (Comment monsieur prend son bain)

Alice Guy-Blaché (director)
Ferdinand Zecca (lead)
Gaumont (production)

Language: Silent, released in 1903, month unknown
Minutes: 1

Man finds it impossible to undress for bed, because new clothes magically keep appearing on him. Remake of 'Going to Bed Under Difficulties (Le Déshabillage impossible)'.

Featured elements:

: comedy; fantasy; magical mutiny gag

Affinity/The Romance Of Max (Petit roman/Le roman de Max)

Max Linder (director/lead/writer)
Lucy d'Orbel (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, French titles, English subtitles, released in Oct 1912
Minutes: 6

Max is shy, but his shoes go courting.

Featured elements:

: fantasy; magical mutiny gag; romance

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