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Patouillard paie ses dettes
Bill is dead broke, and his hard-hearted creditors gather round like carrion crows. In vain he tries his wily arts and blandishments upon them. It is quite evident that he will either have to go to America and there get married or go to work. Bill sallies forth in search of employment or a rich widow, not particularly which in his despair, and chances upon a stray bear. Bruin decides to go into partnership with William and they soon scare away all the creditors. The way Bruin handles the creditors causes much wholesome fun and cannot fail to appeal to young and old.
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Plot Summary
This short silent comedy likely revolves around a character named Patouillard who is settling his debts, suggesting a plot involving financial transactions, humorous complications, or perhaps even deception and its unraveling.
Critical Reception
As a very early silent short film, specific critical reception and audience reviews from 1911 are not readily available or systematically archived in the way modern films are. Information on such early works is often scarce.
What Reviewers Say
Given its age and obscurity, contemporary reviews are virtually non-existent.
Information regarding audience reception from the time is also extremely limited.
Any modern analysis would focus on its historical context within early cinema.
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Fun Fact
This film is a very early example of French cinema's contribution to the short comedy genre, a style that would rapidly evolve in the subsequent decades.
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