Jack's Joke
Watch TrailerA comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors would be required to lip sync to preexisting recordings on camera, the Kinetophone was one of the earliest film technologies to record sound at the same time as the image.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1913 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Allen Ramsey |
| Runtime | 6 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 5.0/10 (1 votes) |
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The sketch constructs its humor on a straightforward premise, exploring a minimalist situation for comic effect. It relies on the physicality of shouting and mutual misunderstanding rather than narrative complexity.
What lingers after viewing is a charming historical curio, an early experiment in marrying sound to moving images. It's a brief, cheerful glimpse into cinema's playful infancy. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Allen Ramsey
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