Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
About Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
Uncle Josh, a country man, goes to a movie for the first time and treats the screen as real. When a couple on the screen kiss, he jumps out of his seat to stop them. Charles Manley plays Josh. Edwin S. Porter directed and photographed it.
Cast & crew
More about Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
It is a near remake of Robert W. Paul's 1901 British film The Countryman and the Cinematograph, the first picture to show a film inside a film. Wikidata times Porter's version at 2 minutes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Porter photographed both Josh in the seats and the films he thinks are happening in the room.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Paul's film is the source of the joke. Porter restaged it for Edison.
- The kiss is the moment Josh leaves his seat.
- The Commons file uses the lowercase title uncle josh at the moving picture show.
Scenes
- Josh leaps at the screen when the filmed couple kiss.
Influenced by
- Robert W. Paul's The Countryman and the Cinematograph
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show)
