Little Miss Moffit and Simian Stone (1909) watch online HD

A Farcical Pantomime. Some years ago a well-known quartette made a big laughing hit wherever they appeared with a song which read: "I went to the animal fair, the birds and beasts were ... See full summary

A Farcical Pantomime. Some years ago a well-known quartette made a big laughing hit wherever they appeared with a song which read: "I went to the animal fair, the birds and beasts were there, A big baboon by light of the moon was combing his auburn hair. The monkey, he got drunk, climbed up the elephant's trunk. The elephant sneezed, fell on his knees, And that was the end of the monk, the monk, the monk." There isn't a hint of a laugh in those words as they are written, but everyone is familiar with monkeys and their antics and it was the suggestion of what laughable things that particular monkey must have been doing prior to the trunk climbing stunt which brought the gales of laughter from audiences at the verse. Simian Stone, the monkey comedian, in this picture doesn't get intoxicated. He doesn't have to. He is funny enough as it is. The point is, however, that one can't describe his antics. The laugh provoking qualities of his comedy work in this film must be understood by ...