The Dancing Pig (1907)
A pig dressed in fancy clothes flirts with a pretty girl, but she humiliates him and tears off his suit; she then makes him dance for her affections.
Rating: 6.1/10 by 73 users
Alternative Title:
El cerdo bailarín - ES
A táncoló disznó - HU
The Dancing Swine - US
Country:
France
Language:
No Language
Runtime: 00 hour 04 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: silent film, short film
An Edwardian-style, suited and respectable looking pig is constantly spurned by his love. She (Edith Trublanchet) scorns and shames him before breaking into a lively and quite well synchronised dance which must have been quite difficult for pig - especially as even the set now starts to conspire against it too! Of course it's not a real pig, but there was something creepy about this that I just didn't like. It humanises the animal only to ridicule it and that makes this short feature almost cruel, reminiscent of circus freakery. Great teeth though!
