Sideshow Wrestlers
About Sideshow Wrestlers
A janitor talks a friend into sparring at a fair sideshow. They watch a sturdy woman wrestler flatten her opponent. The friend then beats an extremely tall wrestler.
Cast & crew
More about Sideshow Wrestlers
Georges Méliès sold it as Star Film numbers 1159–1165 and advertised it as a bouffonnerie extravagante. The French title is Le Conseil du pipelet ou Un tour à la foire. Wikidata times it at 8 minutes. One gag reuses a substitution splice in which a man is flattened like a pancake.
Themes
Preservation
A print has been known to survive since at least the 1970s.
Notes
- The literal French title is The Janitor's Advice, or A Visit to the Fair.
- Prints have been known since at least the 1970s.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons under the French title.
Scenes
- The woman wrestler flattens her opponent before the friend takes on the tall man.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Le Conseil du pipelet ou Un tour à la foire)
