L'aspirateur (1908)

Also known as The Vacuum Cleaner

1908 · Silent film · 3 min · dir. Segundo de Chomón

• Comedy

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Synopsis

In this funny picture we see the vacuum cleaner, the modern dust eradicator, performing some very droll tricks. As soon as the fellow turns on the air then the fun begins. It is all accomplished through some clever trick photography. First we see two attendants start out to do a cleaning job, and while they stop to take some refreshments, two men, who happen to be passing, take the machine and start down the sheet to have some fun. They meet a woman with a dog on a leash, and at a turn of the wheel, the dog and its mistress are quickly drawn into the spout. Next a nursemaid comes sauntering down the street, and when they level the spout at her she meets the same fate. A girl and her lover are the next to disappear off the face of the earth, and still they go along, looking for more victims. (Moving Picture World)

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Details

Director

Segundo de Chomón

Studio

Pathé Frères

Released

1908-08-15

Original title

L'Aspirateur

Running time

3 minutes

Collection

Segundo de Chomón, Silent Films, Feature Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Gen X
• Silent Movie
• Pathé Frères

Cast & crew

• Segundo de Chomón Director

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