Ingenious Soubrette
About Ingenious Soubrette
A maid and a butler have four pictures to hang in a parlor. He goes for a stepladder. While he is out she walks up the wall on all fours, hangs the pictures, turns a somersault from the wall into a chair, and is back on the floor when he returns with the ladder. He stares.
Cast & crew
More about Ingenious Soubrette
Ferdinand Zecca directed for Pathé. French Wikipedia dates the short 1902 and gives 1 minute 28 seconds. Il Cinema Ritrovato lists catalogue number 635, 41 meters, about 2 minutes at 16 frames a second. An English release title is Picture Hanging Extraordinary. IMDb dates a showing in 1903.
Themes
Preservation
A 41-meter print has been exhibited.
Notes
- The French title is La soubrette ingénieuse.
- Pathé catalogue number 635.
- Also called Picture Hanging Extraordinary.
- French Wikipedia has her climb like an insect. The older English synopsis adds the somersault into the chair.
Scenes
- She walks up the wall, hangs four pictures, and drops into a chair before he returns.
