Saturday, July 15, 12:45 p. m., The Castro, San Francisco
This utterly delightful Pathé short must have produced a chorus of giggles from younger Parisian moviegoers. Released in 1907, the four-minute film presents nothing more than two dancers, passing through a curtain to perform on stage. One happens to be a pretty young girl dressed in the style of the Folies Bergère. The other is wearing an enormous tuxedoed pig costume, complete with large rolling eyes and protruding tongue. The girl proceeds to remove the tuxedo, replacing it with a frilly white dress and hat while the pig bashfully attempts to cover up. The porcine hoofer gleefully bares its teeth while flexing its snout in grinning close-ups as the two dance and spin in circles for the camera in this very simple but hilarious and silly French tidbit.
This utterly delightful Pathé short must have produced a chorus of giggles from younger Parisian moviegoers. Released in 1907, the four-minute film presents nothing more than two dancers, passing through a curtain to perform on stage. One happens to be a pretty young girl dressed in the style of the Folies Bergère. The other is wearing an enormous tuxedoed pig costume, complete with large rolling eyes and protruding tongue. The girl proceeds to remove the tuxedo, replacing it with a frilly white dress and hat while the pig bashfully attempts to cover up. The porcine hoofer gleefully bares its teeth while flexing its snout in grinning close-ups as the two dance and spin in circles for the camera in this very simple but hilarious and silly French tidbit.