One of the first animated short films. A wanderer enters a cabaret in the countryside and asks a waitress for a beer. She comes back with a pint, as the wanderer begins to court her. However, the kitchen boy comes, drinks the beer and vanishes. The wanderer, misunderstanding, asks for another beer. Then a traveler enters and has an argument with the wandered. During the argument, the kitchen boy appears, sips the second beer and runs away. As the traveler quits, the customer finds his glass empty again. He calls the waitress, expresses his disappointment and leaves. The kitchen boy comes in and explains to the waitress what he did with the two beers. They make fun together of the wanderer and leave. A lost film.
Direction
Reynaud hand-painted 300+ frames for each 15-minute spectacle.
Practical Effects
The Théâtre Optique — cinema before cinema officially existed.
Director
Émile Reynaud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 'Les Pantomimes Lumineuses,' the first projected animated series — predating the Lumière brothers by three years.
Reynaud's Théâtre Optique used 36 mirrors and a gas lamp to project hand-painted strips; this specific film is considered definitively lost since 1945.
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