Interrupted Bathers
About Interrupted Bathers
Three girls bathe in a shaded stream while a fourth woman rests on the bank. She sees two hoboes coming and warns the others. The bathers throw water on the men. The men grab the clothes and run. The women walk home inside barrels, held high.
Cast & crew
More about Interrupted Bathers
Edison released it on October 22, 1902. Silent Era credits direction to Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming, and the camera to Porter. The company's own blurb supplies the plot: the hoboes take the clothes, and the women go home in barrels.
Themes
Making
Porter and Fleming shot the gag outdoors: the stream, the bank, and the walk home in barrels.
Look
Edwin S. Porter photographed the stream and the bank in daylight.
Preservation
Silent Era lists a surviving print, public domain in the United States.
Notes
- The Edison text calls the spot a quiet stream and the men hoboes.
- The women hold the barrels high to cover themselves.
- A print survives. The film is public domain in the United States.
- Catalogs sometimes list Fleming alone. Silent Era names Porter with him.
Scenes
- The woman on the bank spots the two men and shouts.
- The bathers splash them, and the men leave with the clothes.
- The women start for home with barrels pulled up around them.
