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The Critic
(1906) United States of America
B&W : 752 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer and F.A. Dobson. / © 22 January 1906 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H72184]. Released 19 February 1906. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format?
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This film has been aptly termed a “Continuous” Chuckle. It is a satire on “continuous vaudeville” and the newspaper critics. Dalan Ale, the celebrated scribe, views a particularly bad show. This is the first scene of the production. He then, in the second scene, goes to his office and writes a scathing criticism, which criticism is shown in the film. The following scene shows the vaudeville actors reading the criticism, and the final scene shows them calling on Dalan Ale in his office and presenting their compliments. The film is one that will be received with roars of laughter, for it appeals with peculiar force to the regular vaudeville patron. The photography of the production is splendid throughout.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 April 2012.
References: Musser-Emerge pp. 452, 600 : Website-AFI.
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