How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game (1906)
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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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.
everything you have heard about this movie is true.
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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?!