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Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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L’Arroseur arrosé
(Watering the Waterer)
Also known as Le jardinier (The Gardener) and as Le jardinier et le petit espiègle in France; The Gardener and the Bad Boy in the USA : [L’Arrosseur arrose], [The Gardener Watered], [The Sprinkler Sprinkled], [Sprinkling the Sprinkler], [Teasing the Gardener], [A Joke on the Gardener], [A Practical Joke on the Gardener], [The Adventures of the Boy and the Garden Hose]
(1895) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Louis Lumière
Cast: François Clerc, Benoît Duval.
Société Lumière production; distributed by Société Lumière. / Cinematography by Louis Lumière [?] and Francis Doublier on a second version? / Premiered 10 June 1895 in France. / Cinématographe spherical 1.30:1 format. / The production was shot at Jardin des Lumière à Lyon Monplasir, 264 cours Gambetta in Lyon, France. There may to be two separate versions of this film, taken at different times, both listed as Lumière film number 99. The second film may be known by the above title and shot in 1896 by Doublier, the original may have been known as Le jardinier and was shot in 1895 by Lumière. The first French fiction film; generally thought to be the first film comedy.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: France: Lyon - Gardens - Gardeners - Hats - Hoses - Practical jokes - Water
Listing updated: 28 May 2018.
References: Film viewing : Altman-Sound p. 92; Bardèche-History pp. 5, 7; Bohn-Light pp. xv, 12, 13; Card-Seductive pp. 18-19; Coe-History p. 72; Fell-History pp. 13, 24; Leish-Cinema p. 11; Leyda-Before p. 43; Musser-Emerge pp. 138, 141, 142, 143, 291, 598, 602; Ramsaye-Million pp. 238, 241, 320; Robertson-Guinness p. 8; Shipman-Cinema p. 12; Shirley-Australian p. 9; Sinyard-Silent pp. 10, 11; Slide-Early p. 4; Sopocy-Williamson p. 22 : Other-Trewey.
Home video: DVD.
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