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The Vacuum Cleaner (S)

5.4

75

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Original title: L'aspirateur
Year: 1908
Running time: 4 min.
Country: France
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Cinematography: Segundo de Chomón (B&W)
Producer: Pathé Frères
Genre: Comedy. Fantasy | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film. Heist Film. Stop Motion
Synopsis: In this funny picture we see the vacuum cleaner, the modern dust eradicator, performing some very droll tricks. As soon as the fellow turns on the air then the fun begins. It is all accomplished through some clever trick photography. First we see two attendants start out to do a cleaning job, and while they stop to take some refreshments, two men, who happen to be passing, take the machine and start down the sheet to have some fun. They meet a woman with a dog on a leash, and at a turn of the wheel, the dog and its mistress are quickly drawn into the spout. Next a nursemaid comes sauntering down the street, and when they level the spout at her she meets the same fate. A girl and her lover are the next to disappear off the face of the earth, and still they go along, looking for more victims. Coming to a house, one of the men climbs in a window, and when the one outside turns the crank all the furnishings of the house are drawn into the machine. A maid rushes in to find out the cause of...

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The Vacuum Cleaner (S)

1908

Segundo de Chomón

5.4

(75)