"Highly amusing and bound to create laughter" Above is a blurb from the Edison Company describing their film "Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle". Well, perhaps it did create a lot of laughs in 1901, but today it isn't particularly funny. However, I can forgive it a lot, as the film is from 1901--when sets (like this one) and plots (also like this one) were very, very primitive and simple.
The film begins with Aunt Sally and a man walking across what looks like a brick bridge. Suddenly a gust catches her hat and she falls of trying to catch it. Then, by reversing the film, she magically pops back onto the platform--and then flies off again--with her bustle and bloomers exposed. That's really all there is to this one. It's not a terrible film and offers something more than some of the VERY mundane offerings of the day (such as a woman feeding a baby and other such exciting topics).
The film begins with Aunt Sally and a man walking across what looks like a brick bridge. Suddenly a gust catches her hat and she falls of trying to catch it. Then, by reversing the film, she magically pops back onto the platform--and then flies off again--with her bustle and bloomers exposed. That's really all there is to this one. It's not a terrible film and offers something more than some of the VERY mundane offerings of the day (such as a woman feeding a baby and other such exciting topics).