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A Close Shave
(1901) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

[?] American Mutoscope Company or American Mutoscope & Biograph Company? production; distributed by [?] American Mutoscope Company or American Mutoscope & Biograph Company? / Released June 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A prim customer wearing flowing whiskers comes into a barber shop. Two small boys divert the barber’s attention, and proceed to give the prim gentleman a novel shaving. They tie him to the chair, cover his face with suds from a whitewash brush and trim his whiskers down to the skin. The barber rushes in only to receive the contents of the pail of suds intended for the mischievous boys.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 June 2009.

References: Website-AFI.