Polycarpe wants to sleep, but the woman of the house beats him awake. When he falls back asleep, his shoes tie themselves, as does his cravat. Indeed, everything works for him when he sleeps.
It's a stop-motion comedy, an example of the earliest movie magic, and it was soon adopted to comic possibilities. By the time this short comedy appeared, it was old hat, and the excellence of the piece lay solely in the excellence of the stop-motion work....which is pretty good.
Charles Servaes as Polycarpe takes a back seat to the props. His performance consists solely of falling asleep, and he appears to do that all right. His one worthwhile contribution is to settle into a split before he nods off for the last go-around.
It's a stop-motion comedy, an example of the earliest movie magic, and it was soon adopted to comic possibilities. By the time this short comedy appeared, it was old hat, and the excellence of the piece lay solely in the excellence of the stop-motion work....which is pretty good.
Charles Servaes as Polycarpe takes a back seat to the props. His performance consists solely of falling asleep, and he appears to do that all right. His one worthwhile contribution is to settle into a split before he nods off for the last go-around.
