Onésime Loves Animals
About Onésime Loves Animals
Left in his aunt and uncle's house, Onésime decides the animals belong indoors. Horses, pigs, cows, and chickens take over the parlor, the bedrooms, and the outbuildings. When the Mochards come home they throw him and the menagerie out. He ends up with his cousin Marthe.
Cast & crew
More about Onésime Loves Animals
Jean Durand directed. Henry de Brisay is credited with the scenario. The French title is Onésime aime les bêtes. Sarah Duhamel plays Aunt Pétronille Mochard.
Themes
Making
Durand's comedies often emptied a set by filling it. Here the gag is simply how many farm animals will fit in a bourgeois house before the owners return.
Preservation
A print survives and has been transferred to Wikimedia Commons under the French title.
Notes
- Ernest Bourbon plays Onésime. Gaston Modot plays the in-laws' servant.
- Édouard Grisollet is the concierge who brings the mail.
- The aunt and uncle are the Mochards. The cousin is Marthe.
- The animals in the rooms are live horses, pigs, cows, and chickens, not costumes.
Scenes
- Cows, pigs, horses, and chickens occupy the parlor and the bedrooms.
- The Mochards put Onésime and the animals out, and he lands with cousin Marthe.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Onésime aime les bêtes (1913).webm)
