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Voidsville Follies

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- Harry Warner, of Warner Bros. (1926)

The Water Dog

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (director/lead)
Minta Durfee (lead)
Alice Davenport (lead)
Keystone Cops (lead)
Keystone (production)

Language: Silent, English titles, released in May 1914
Minutes: 9

Featured elements:

: animal act; comedy; crazy cops; distress call; infidelity; kiddie act; rescue; slapstick

A fast-moving, mercifully brief slapstick version of Rescued By Rover

Online: YouTube

Featured elements:

: animal act; comedy; crazy cops; distress call; infidelity; kiddie act; rescue; slapstick

Related:

Rescued By Rover

1905 is known as a 'miracle year' for physics, when Einstein published papers that changed views on space, time, mass, and energy. That year, the international blockbuster hit movie was of a dog performing tricks for the camera. That this nonetheless appears as a coherent story of a character moving through space and time, has to mark 1905 as also a 'miracle year' for motion pictures.

Featured elements:

: animal act; emblematic shot; family; rescue; social commentary

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