Rigadin and the Magic Wand

1912 Comedy Directed by Georges Monca

About Rigadin and the Magic Wand

Whiffles, a comedian married to a shrew, buys Professor Jinks's magic wand after one fight too many. He comes home late. She swings at him. He touches her with the wrong end of the wand and produces a second wife instead of making the first vanish. The two wives take the wand and beat him until he apologizes.

Cast & crew

More about Rigadin and the Magic Wand

Georges Monca directed, and Charles Prince, who plays Whiffles, is the writer on Wikidata, with Germaine Reuver billed on the catalog. Wikidata lists France and 1912, with no running time or company.

Themes

  • a magic wand used backwards
  • a double wife
  • a beating
  • Whiffles
  • Professor Jinks
  • magic wand

Notes

  • The catalog spells the lead Whiffles and calls him Rigadin's usual comic name in the title.
  • No English Wikipedia article is attached to this record.

Scenes

  • The wrong end of the wand duplicates the wife.
  • Both wives pound Whiffles with the wand.