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Acting
George Foottit
Born April 24, 1864 · Manchester, England
Died September 21, 1921 · aged 57
George Foottit (1864 – 1921) was an English clown who found fame on the Paris circus scene. He is famous for being part of the clown duo "Foottit and Chocolat".
Known For
Fièvre · 1921Fièvre
★ 5.51921
MovieDrama
Militis, a sailor, returns to a bar where he finds Sarah, the girl he once loved and is still attracted to. However, he is now married to an exotic woman who took care of him during an illness.
Le policeman · 1900Le policeman
★ 4.01900
MovieComedy
Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To separate Foottit and Chocolat who are fighting, their servant brings a policeman to whom the two accomplices play all sorts of tricks.
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre · 1900Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
★ 1.01900
MovieDocumentary
The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from theatre (Coquelin the eldest, Gabrielle Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Félicia Mallet), opera & operetta (Mariette Sully, Emile Cossira, Jeanne Hatto, Mily-Meyer, Désiré Pougaud), to café concert & music hall variety (Footit et Chocolat, Mason and Forbes, Little Tich, Brunin, Polin, Jules Moy) and dance (Blanche and Louise Mante from the Paris Opera, Carlotta Zambelli, Michel Vasquez, Rosita Mauri, Jeanne Chasles, Achille Viscusi, Christine Kerf, Cléo de Mérode).
Foottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise · 1900Foottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise
★ 5.51900
MovieComedy
Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs · 1900Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs
★ 5.01900
MovieComedy
George Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.
La mort de Chocolat · 1900La mort de Chocolat
★ 4.01900
MovieComedy
Comic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. During a battle between Foottit and Chocolat, the latter, who received a slap, plays dead; a stretcher is brought in to carry it away, but the prankster passes under it and happily performs a few gambols while the carriers believe they are carrying away a corpse.”
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