The Inexhaustible Barrel
About The Inexhaustible Barrel
A large basket comes down and two young women step out of it. They play with a barrel marked with the Pathé rooster, pour water in, and pull out chickens, rabbits, ducks, and dresses.
More about The Inexhaustible Barrel
French title Le tonneau inépuisable. Pathé, 1907. No director is named. Wikidata lists five minutes. The Wikimedia copy runs 4 minutes 42 seconds. IMDb lists a release date of November 23, 1907.
Themes
Making
The animals are real. They are put in the barrel between the trick joins.
Technique
Substitution joins let the barrel empty itself of animals and clothes.
Preservation
A 4-minute-42-second copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The barrel carries the Pathé rooster.
- Live animals come out after the water goes in.
- The women also draw dresses from the same barrel.
- The director is uncredited.
Scenes
- The women pour water into the rooster barrel and draw animals back out.