The Barber’s Revenge (1909)

movie

Country: France
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1909-07-28
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: None | French
Stars: Louise Willy , Pierre Simon , Charles Prince , Mauricet
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: La vengeance du coiffeur (France, French Republic) , La vengeance du coiffeur , The Barber's Revenge (United States of America)
Plot: The opening scene of this amusing comedy shows us the interior of a long haired musician's home, where he passively sits playing his favorite selections on the 'cello for the amusement of his loving wife. All at once he realizes that he is badly in need of a shave, so after putting the instrument away, he takes his departure and starts for the tonsorial parlors. Arriving at his destination he gets ready for the operation but just as he is about to take his place in the chair, the barber is suddenly called away, leaving the shop in charge of his attractive wife. The gay musician having a keen eye for beauty casts a few devilish glances at the demure creature and in a little while be inveigles her into a rather risky flirtation. The happy pair are having a delightful time when in walks the barber, and there to his horror catches the musician embracing his wife. After upbraiding the woman in no mild manner, the indignant barber orders her out of the place, after which he sets to work to fix up his rival. He smears the frightened fellow with the lather, and the latter not daring to remonstrate, is compelled to sit in the chair while his enraged captor cuts off half of his mustache and large patches of his very aesthetic tresses, leaving him looking like a fit subject for a menagerie. The barber feeling that he has had his revenge leaves the place, and the woman again appears upon the scene and aids the poor musician in completing his toilet. She cuts off the rest of his hair and makes his head look like a billiard ball, after which he shaves off the remaining half of his mustache. His appearance is so changed that when he arrives home be is not recognized by his own wife, whom he finds embracing a cousin who has just arrived. Not knowing the country cousin, the enraged musician puts up a fight but is thrown bodily out of the place. Going to an adjoining room he takes the 'cello, and starts to play his wife's favorite tune, and recognizing the familiar air she at once realizes that the strange looking creature is really her husband. He is again admitted to the room and duly presented to his new cousin. As he continues playing upon the 'cello his amused wife places a laurel wreath upon his head, crowning him the "king of fools."
IMDB:tt0428012