Revised list of high-class original motion picture films (1908)

COMEDY. Boffles and the page boy release their hold of the rope to drive the dog away. Maid overbalances herself and falls outside the window. In his anger Boffles kicks the page boy downstairs. The injured maid is carried to join the other victims. Arrival of the page boy at the foot of the stairs. Another patient for the doctor. Boffles' study. The employer ruefully examines his bank account. The cook, acting as hospital nurse, is scalded by hot water. Another patient. Boffles decides upon a motor run as a relief from indoor worries. All goes well for a time. After a pause, the chauffeur dismounts to turn the ignition handle. Boffles decides himself to drive, and changes seats. He accidentally starts the motor, and runs over the chauffeur. The injured driver is carried away, and Boffles continues his journey. The petroleum explodes, and Boffles, startled and hatless, rushes on foot for help. Cross roads. Boffles, sprinting, falls, and is run over by a cyclist. The temporary drawing room hospital. The chauffeur is borne in on a stretcher, followed by Boffles himself, similarly carried. Scene in the Boffles kitchen. The employer serves out cheques to the domestics as compensation for their accidents. Remarkable cures. On the departure of Boffles the victims indulge in a dance of joy. Crutches and bandages are discarded. Reduced to beggary, Mr. and Mrs. Boffles now perambulate the streets soliciting alms from the charitably disposed. Boffles is placarded, "Ruined by the Employers' Liability Act." Rollicking fun from first to last. U. D. 1964. COMEDY CARTOONS. Price, $32.88. Approximate Length, 274 feet. Perfectly photographed, this marvelous series is the greatest trick film ever placed on. the market. Illusion follows illusion, mystery succeeds mystery in this most attractive subject, until the spectators are lost in amazement and delight. The "Hand of the Artist" draws outline faces in chalk upon a blackboard. The outlines fill and assume living form and muscular movement. They eat, drink, smoke, express pleasure and satisfaction, without leaving the blackboard, after which the images are removed by an ordinary duster, or mysteriously disappear, feature by feature. Order of Illusions: The artist is presented, with his board: his only appearance. The hand rapidly outlines a human head, into the chalky jaws of which it inserts a cigarette. The chalk head smokes — and finally eats — the cigarette. The head of a woman is drawn, which gradually fills and becomes undoubtedly human. Eyes of feminine longing are turned in the direction of a chalk-outlined teapot, which materializes into the real thing, from the spout of which the woman-head drinks with satisfaction. The woman's head resumes its chalky outline, and disappears, feature by feature. The hand of the artist cuts out of paper the figure of a Pierrot. This is placed inside a magic ring drawn on the blackboard. The paper clown changes into a real, embodied Pierrot, who dances, juggles with hoops, and finally dissolves by a rapid catherine-wheel movement into a vivacious head. Head — life size — of the Pierrot. Smoke is seen to issue from the mouth, and comical facial expressions are produced. Again the wheel movement, and the clown disappears. The head of a man is now drawn in chalk. This gradually assumes life and gesticulates in a marvelous manner. The head is seen to split from crown to chin, the halves fall 119