How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game

1906
5.5| 0h5m| en| More Info
Released: 18 July 1906 Released
Producted By: Edison Studios
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An office boy plays hooky from work so he can watch a ballgame perched high atop a telephone pole. Includes footage of an actual baseball game as if seen through a telescope.

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InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
MartinHafer This short film was part of a DVD set called "Reel Baseball" and it consists of many silent baseball films. This review is based on Disc 2--a rather enjoyable collection of surprisingly good films from Kino.In 1906, most films were only 2-5 minutes long, though this one is a bit longer. The Kino folks indicate on the disc that this film is a fragment, but most of it seems intact and the print is of surprising good quality. My score of 7 is based more on how the film compares to other films of the era, as it's really unfair to compare it to newer and more cinematic films.The film begins with a little guy dancing about the office and talking about how he's going to the ball game today. Moments later, when the boss arrives, this office boy gives the guy a song and dance about having a family member who's dying (or died). Then, moments later, the scene switches to a telephone pole outside the baseball stadium where this liar is watching the game with a telescope and somehow managing NOT to electrocute himself. It's obvious the very ending is missing, but it didn't seem to matter all that much. Overall, it's a cute little historical curio. Not a lot of depth, but for 1906, who needs depth anyway?!