Night Watchman
A scene from Charles Dickens Bleak House.
Man
Possibly the first film to utilize the technique of focus pulling. A man kisses a beautiful and lively woman, then the image blurs and dissolves into a clear image of the man waking up to his nagging wife.
A man attempts to shave with a blunt razor.
A man shaves, back to the camera, face reflected in a mirror.
A conversation between two gents perks up when the see a picture in a magazine. A 'facial' comedy by GA Smith.
Professor
A romantic couple are transformed into skeletons via X-Rays. The film combines two very recent innovations: Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895, and Georges Méliès' accidental realisation of the special-effects potential of the jump-cut in 1896.
A man comes in for a shave in this film of a popular stage act.
An old man gets progressively livelier - and drunker - as he downs his bottle of beer. Finally, he cocks a snook - and doesn't bother to uncock it as he continues to drink.
Master
Lovers are comically interrupted
