The Doctor and the Monkey
About The Doctor and the Monkey
Georges Méliès, playing a doctor, studies a caged monkey in a two-story house and then leaves. The monkey gets out, wrecks both floors, and its tail comes off and sticks to his nose. He and the housekeeper try to restore the rooms. The monkey overturns the furniture and tears off her skirt, and the house is left in pieces.
Cast & crew
More about The Doctor and the Monkey
Star Film number 317, listed at 20 meters. Méliès built the action on a double-decker set and used that set again the same year in What Is Home Without the Boarder.
Themes
Music
Silent.
Notes
- The French title is Le Savant et le Chimpanzé.
- At 12 frames a second the 20-meter length runs a minute and a half.
- The tail gag is a splice onto Méliès's own nose.
- The housekeeper is left in her pantalettes after the skirt comes off.
Scenes
- The monkey's tail detaches and sticks to the doctor's nose.
- Furniture goes over on both floors of the set.
