Tiny Tim and the Adventures of His Elephant (1913)
"Bout-de-Zan vole un éléphant" (original title)

Director:

Louis Feuillade

Writer:

Louis Feuillade

Stars:

René Poyen, Jeanne Saint-Bonnet, Renée Carl

Cast

Credited cast:
René Poyen	...	Bout-de-Zan
Jeanne Saint-Bonnet	...	Maid
Renée Carl	...	Charitable lady
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juliette Malherbe

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy | Short | Family

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 August 1913 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tiny Tim and the Adventures of His Elephant

Company Credits

Production Co:

Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont

Technical Specs

Runtime:

9 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary The Lakes of Salzburg.

User Reviews

Bout de Zan does what any normal kid would do.....well, maybe not.

Bout de Zan is a very precocious young man! When the circus comes to town, he does what any kid might do in this situation--he steals the circus' elephant!!! Later, he sits on the curb with the elephant and begs coins off people--with a sign saying 'blind since birth'. I am not sure if this is supposed to mean the kid or the animal! Later, the kid and elephant get in a lot of trouble but are rescued by a rich lady who takes them to live with her (again, that's probably what most people would do in a situation like this). And in the end, they sit around the table and have a nice meal--the kid, the lady AND the elephant!! Overall, this might just rank as the strangest silent I have ever seen.

Seeing a kid stealing an elephant and the elephant being so well-trained that it could do a lot of cool acting floored me. I especially loved seeing them at the table at the end--it was just surreal yet not a cartoon--they really did all this crazy stuff for the film. Very entertaining!