Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
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| Original title | Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1902 |
| length | 2 minutes |
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| Director | Edwin S. Porter |
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Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show is an American silent film from 1902. Directed by Edwin S. Porter . The film was released by the Edison Manufacturing Company . The film continues the Uncle Josh series from 1900 and is a remake of the English film The Countryman and the Cinematograph from 1901.
action
Uncle Josh goes to a cinema and watches several short films there, faxing so many times in front of the screen that it collapses.
In the first film, Parisian Danger , you can see a woman dancing a can-can, here Uncle Josh simply joins the dance. The second film, The Black Diamond Express, shows a train coming in and Uncle Josh running away. The film The Country People shows some slapstick scenes in front of a village well. Finally he tears down the screen and gets into trouble with the man at the projector.
Background information
Charles Manley was working as an actor at the Ford Theater when the American President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The scene in which Uncle Josh runs away from the train is a parody of the French film L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat , at the premiere of which the audience is said to have run anxiously from the hall.
The character around Uncle Josh became a popular character who experienced several adventures. Edwin S. Porter directed the other films as well.
Chronology of the series
- 1900: Uncle Josh's Nightmare
- 1900: Uncle Josh at a Spooky Hotel
- 1902: Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show
- 1920: Uncle Josh buys a Car ( radio play )