The Clutching Foot
About The Clutching Foot
Scientific detective Justin Crécelle and his assistant spend four episodes trying to keep the Clutching Foot gang off his fiancée Hélène. Each attack is played as a gag. Musidora turns up as Irma Vep. The episodes are Le Micro bafouilleur sans fil, Le Rayon noir, La Girouette humaine, and L'Homme au foulard à pois.
Cast & crew
More about The Clutching Foot
Jacques Feyder wrote and directed this Gaumont serial parody. Comptoir Ciné-Location was the original distributor. The Cinémathèque française dates the French release 19 May 1916.
Themes
Background
Made at Gaumont in 1916, while Feuillade's crime serials and the Pearl White serials were still the model for this kind of picture.
In film history
Feyder's early Gaumont work, a four-part send-up of the serials his own studio was turning out.
Preservation
Not a lost film. The Cinémathèque française and Gaumont restored a nitrate negative in 2004.
Notes
- André Roanne plays Justin Crécelle. Kitty Hott plays Hélène. René Poyen plays Bout de Zan. Georges Biscot plays the man in the green scarf.
- French Wikipedia describes it as a parody of Les Mystères de New York. Musidora's costume is Irma Vep, from Feuillade's Les Vampires.
- The Cinémathèque française and Gaumont restored it in 2004 from a nitrate negative.
Scenes
- Musidora appears dressed as Irma Vep.
Influenced by
- Les Vampires
- Les Mystères de New York
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-le-pied-qui-treint)
