This in today from Arts Journal’s daily e-newsletter…
Artheme Swallows his Clarinet, a brief, silent, French film made in 1912, is both surreal and amusing. It is a clever French Eclipse comedy digitally restored by Serge Bromberg. Artheme plays his clarinet in the park and makes people happy. He plays it for some furniture movers who are lifting a heavy chest, and they accidentally drop the chest on Artheme. The clarinet gets pushed halfway though Artheme’s head. Amazingly, the clarinet still works! Ernest Servaes played Artheme in this series of comedies for the French Eclipse company from 1911 through 1916, and he directed the films in the series. Find it on the DVD set, Saved From the Flames.
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Enjoy,
Louise
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