Drat That Boy!
About Drat That Boy!
A bored boy is stuck with a strict older woman, his grandmother in the BFI description and his mother in other listings. While she looks down a sooty stovepipe, he works a pair of bellows and blows ash into her face. She falls back into a washtub.
More about Drat That Boy!
R. W. Paul produced it at Paul's Animatograph Works. The BFI holds a 35mm print of 99 feet, about two minutes. Michael Brooke compares it to the Lumière L'Arroseur arrosé (1895) and to Bamforth's The Biter Bit (1900). It is on the BFI DVD R. W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895–1908, with music by Stephen Horne and commentary by Ian Christie.
Themes
Background
Naughty-child comedies were common in British films of 1904–05, including James Williamson's The Dear Boys Home for the Holidays and Our New Errand Boy.
Preservation
A 35mm print of 99 feet is at the BFI.
Notes
- The actors are not named on the film.
- BFI Player streams a copy.
Scenes
- Ash blows out of the stovepipe into her face.
- She falls backward into the washtub.
Influenced by
- L'Arroseur arrosé (1895)
- The Biter Bit (1900)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-drat-that-boy)
- BFI Player
- BFI DVD R. W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895–1908
