Mary Jane's Mishap Reviews

Recently, I have been focusing on older movies and this one is one of the oldest I have seen so far. Sure, it might all seem quite rudimentary but you have to keep in mind that, at the time, all the basic rules and techniques of filmmaking didn't exist yet so they had to experiment and figure out pretty much everything on the spot. In this case, there was no real plot but I was surprised by how much they managed to tell in just 4 mins. Eventually, the thing I enjoyed the most was Laura Bayley's hilarious performance. Indeed, way before Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton, this woman came up with some amazing slapstick comedy, of course, with no sound or dialogues at the time. Furthermore, even though the jokes were funny enough, they also added some nifty visual tricks. To round it up, they concluded with a fairly dark but still funny ending which worked fine as well. Anyway, to conclude, it was probably too short to become really amazing but, as one of the first comedies (maybe the very first one?), it was still pretty neat and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in film history.