The Irresistible Piano (1907)
1907 · Silent film · 4 min · dir. Alice Guy-Blaché
- Comedy
Synopsis
The first scene is that of a music teacher, with the aid of two men, moving his worldly belongings into a new apartment. No sooner is the piano rolled into the room than he sits down to play. The music so exhilarates the two helpers that they keep time with their limbs to the refrain of the music as they carry in the several remaining pieces of furniture. Another apartment in the same building is the scene of the next series of views. In it, is shown a dining room, a man and woman at the table and a maid serving. Suddenly the three become conscious of martial strains of music which have floated out of the music master's room. It has an irresistible effect upon them, for they soon begin to dance, and then decide to investigate from where the music emanates. They locate the professor, enter his room and finding him still at the piano, involuntarily resume their dancing duties. Another apartment is now shown, wherein a man is tilted back in a chair, taking a nap, and his wife is busily engaged in mending some clothes. There, too, the sound waves emanating from their new neighbor, the professor, penetrate, the room. It has a magic effect, livens them up; they begin to dance, and also seek the source of the music. The scene changes to the studio, the professor still at the piano, the first three people still dancing and making merry, are now joined by the new couple. The next apartment is that of a dressmaker; girls busily engaged at the sewing machines, one at a model, when, lo!…
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Details
- Director
- Alice Guy-Blaché
- Studio
- Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont
- Released
- 1907-08-21
- Original title
- Le Piano irrésistible
- Running time
- 4 minutes
- Language
- French
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Alice Guy-Blaché Director
