The Bricklayers
About The Bricklayers
Bricklayers, played by the acrobatic troupe Les O'Mers, turn a job into a brawl. Local police show up and the mess gets worse. Alice Guy directed. The French title is Les Maçons. It was made at Gaumont and takes off from the 1902 film Les Cambrioleurs modernes.
Cast & crew
More about The Bricklayers
Wikidata times it at 2 minutes. The English Wikipedia notes Guy as the first woman to direct a film and places this short in her Gaumont years. A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Les O'Mers are a pantomime troupe, not named as individual actors.
- The 1902 source film is also called Up-to-Date Burglars.
- The Internet Archive identifier is silent-les-maons.
Scenes
- The bricklayers drop the work and fight, and the police walk into it.
Influenced by
- Les Cambrioleurs modernes (1902)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-les-maons)
