Segundo de Chomón was a prolific Spanish director who made a lot of films for the Pathé Brothers company--both in his native Castille and in Paris. Here he has made a silly film which might have delighted audiences back in 1906 but today it just seems a bit dopey and weird. A guy is trying to shave but when he looks in the mirror, images of weirdos in masks keep appearing! Eventually, he deals with this by smashing the mirror with a hammer, though a visit to the doctor might have been a better idea! This is weird enough that you can almost look past the oddness of the guy EATING his shaving cream! However, the humor seems very broad and doesn't have the complexity or charm of many of the director's other films. Decent and watchable but also a bit dumb.
Review of A Funny Shave
