Le cigare introuvable

1897 Comedy

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About Le cigare introuvable

Three portly white-face clowns fight over a cigar stub. One keeps it by hiding it in his mouth and by the same sort of trick. The Société Lumière released the comic short. No director is named. The French title means the cigar that cannot be found.

More about Le cigare introuvable

Released in 1897. Wikidata lists the director as anonymous. No player is billed. No running time is on the record.

Themes

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The cigar is a stub, not a fresh one.
  • Hiding it in the mouth is the gag that ends the scramble.
  • The white face is clown makeup.
  • No individual clown is named.

Scenes

  • One clown tucks the stub into his mouth while the other two search him.