L'Arroseur Arrosé is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît ...
Tables Turned on the Gardener
1895 ‧ Comedy/Documentary ‧ 1 min
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Release date: December 28, 1895 (Paris)
Director: Louis Lumière
Cast: François Clerc and Benoît Duval
Producers: Louis Lumière and Auguste Lumière
Screenplay: Louis Lumière
Language: Silent
Duration: 0:40
Posted: Feb 17, 2021
Posted: Feb 17, 2021
A gardener watering plants is tormented by a mischievous boy. The very first comedy filmed in history.
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The Waterer Watered. Original title: L'arroseur arrosé. 1895 · Not Rated; 1m.
Watering the Flowers (French: L'Arroseur) was an 1896 French silent short comedy film directed by Georges Méliès. It was released by Méliès's company Star ...
Duration: 0:59
Posted: Jan 21, 2023
Posted: Jan 21, 2023
Feb 12, 2023 · This was clearly already a well-known gag by 1895, and once you see it, you can't unsee it: The narrative has a classic comic strip structure.
Shot in Lyons in the spring of 1895, the film portrays a simple practical joke in which a gardener is tormented by a boy who steps on the hose that the gardener ...
Duration: 1:13
Posted: Aug 9, 2020
Posted: Aug 9, 2020
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... watering flowers to comedic effect. This film is believed to have imitated the Louis and Auguste Lumière film "L'arroseur arrose", which survives.