That Fatal Sneeze - 1907

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Lewin Fitzhamon

Stars: Thurston Harris and Gertie Potter

Release Date: June 1907 (UK)

Also known as: A végzetes tüsszentés (Hungary)

Production Co: Hepworth

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Pepper | Handkerchief | Sneeze | Sneezing | Sneezing Powder  |  Explosion | Destruction | Practical Joke

Genres: Short | Comedy | Fantasy

As an older man and a youth are eating at the table, the older man decides to amuse himself by using pepper to make the boy sneeze. Later, the boy retaliates by sneaking into the older man's room and putting pepper in his handkerchief, hairbrush, and clothing. But things quickly get out of hand when the sneezing that results begins to disrupt the whole town. 

Connections

Featured in Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood: Opportunity Lost (1995) - clip shown; Silent Britain (2006) - clips shown