The Pumpkin Race (La course aux potirons) 117 years old

Early slapstick short from Louis Feuillade involving runaways, except that, instead of it being a runaway horse (see Griffith's THE CURTAIN POLE for an example), it is a cartful of what appear to be hundred-pound pumpkins that get away, rushing hither and yon, down sewers, up chimneys, pursued by the drayer, a couple of other people and a very unwilling donkey.

The Pumpkin Race poster
The Pumpkin Race (117 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, May 23, 1907
  • Runtime: 6 minutes