Another example of the highly colourful hand-stencilled films Pathe were putting out at the turn of the last century, this fantasy depicts the fate that awaits a butterfly collector and his two female assistants as they venture into a wood in which the butterflies are as large as vaudeville actresses in butterfly outfits. The two assistants are transformed into grasshoppers – although this being 1906, the transformation takes place off-screen – while the collector is shepherded to a sort of kangaroo butterfly court where it is decided he will receive a taste of his own medicine by being pinned to a giant cork. It's quite a busy little film, and entertaining enough on its own modest terms.
