A machine churns out sausages on one side and spits out hats on the other. The director of this film is not credited in any contemporary catalogues or trade publications, or attributed to anyone by scholars or primary sources, however Alice Guy-Blaché is the most probable candidate.
Practical Effects
Hand-cranked nightmare machine actually functions somehow.
Costume
Worker's outfit screams 'I tolerate zero nonsense.'
Director
Alice Guy-Blaché
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henri Vallouy was a Pathé Frères regular who performed in dozens of now-lost trick films.
This may be the earliest surviving film with a plausible female director claim—Alice Guy-Blaché's shadow looms large over uncredited 1900s 'actualities.'
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