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La carte de l’adversaire
Also known as His Opponent’s Card in the USA
(1909) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as His Opponent’s Card by Pathé Frères on 8 January 1910; in a split-reel with The Last Look (1910).
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? After a very gay and hilarious dinner party two of the most convivial members accidentally collide with one another on leaving the house, and both being in rather pompous mood and feeling that their dignity has suffered by the encounter, each offers the other his card, challenging him to a duel. They then continue their zig-zag journey homeward. One, however, does not get much further than a nearby lamp-post and is taken up by two policemen, who, finding his opponent’s card in his pocket, take the helpless fellow to the number given thereon and, notwithstanding his protestations, leave him there, much to his discomfort. Well, the end of it all is that he is politely thrown out of the window when he is discovered by some of the family, but even under these trying conditions he still endeavors to maintain his dignified bearing, being a man possessed of a very proud spirit.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 January 2025.
References: MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 20 : Website-IMDb.
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