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The Cameraman's Revenge (1912, 13 minutes) is about infidelity among the insects,
a topic which I dare say has never before or after been attempted on film. It opens with Mr. Beetle going to town "on business," to stop at "The Gay Dragonfly," a burlesque parlor. He meets a dancer who he takes to a hotel room... the grasshopper at left wanted her too, though, and he's mad at the beetle's rudeness.. he's also got a movie camera! |
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The "Hotel D'Amour"... The grasshopper setting up his equipment. |
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Happy with his film (shown at the top of the page), the grasshopper rides off to work. |
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In the meantime, Mrs. Beetle is ALSO having an affair, with "an artist."
Click them for a 372k movie. Mr. Beetle comes home, catches them, and beats up the artist. Of course, he plays the hurt husband... |
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Since he's "a forgiving husband," he takes her to the cinema... ... where the grasshopper is the projectionist! |
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The movie opens, and Mr. Beetle is busted! His wife beats him so badly he runs through
the screen to get away! The End |
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A Short Biography The Other "-Ographies" : Filmography, Videography, Bibliography and Puppetography (Revised 10/2/99) Frogland (Revised 10/2/99) The Mascot, a/k/a Puppet Love, a/k/a The Devil's Ball (Revised 10/2/99) Nose to the Wind Winter Carousel (Revised 10/2/99) The Cameraman's Revenge (Revised 10/2/99) The Insect's Christmas (Revised 10/2/99) Voice of the Nightingale (Revised 10/2/99) Tale of the Fox (Revised 10/2/99) Short Takes: "The Scarecrow", "Town Rat, Country Rat" Back to Animation of Heaven & Hell! Home Page E-mail me! timfitz99@hotmail.com