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"Possessed By The Devil" Is More Like It
Leontine is serving soup to her employers, who scold her. So he dashes the tureen to the floor, smashes the crockery, and turns the soda syphon on the dog. They kick her out, and she performs increasingly violent practical jokes, destroying houses and making the river boil.
Leontine was a comedienne for Pathe Freres from about 1909 through perhaps 1912, and that's all that's known about the performer. Her character was an adolescent tomboy who delighted in practical jokes and destruction, and who somehow always got away with it.
Until a few days ago, I thought that's all there was: four or five short comedies, sometimes half a reel, sometimes a full one. However Kin Lorber has released a new DVD/Blu-Ray collection CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN, and there are 16 shorts with the performer in them. Some of them, like this one, are very good.
By the way, the archivist and film historians who assembled this movies don't known any more about the performer than I. Do you?
Leontine was a comedienne for Pathe Freres from about 1909 through perhaps 1912, and that's all that's known about the performer. Her character was an adolescent tomboy who delighted in practical jokes and destruction, and who somehow always got away with it.
Until a few days ago, I thought that's all there was: four or five short comedies, sometimes half a reel, sometimes a full one. However Kin Lorber has released a new DVD/Blu-Ray collection CINEMA'S FIRST NASTY WOMEN, and there are 16 shorts with the performer in them. Some of them, like this one, are very good.
By the way, the archivist and film historians who assembled this movies don't known any more about the performer than I. Do you?
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- boblipton
- Dec 30, 2022
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