A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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La Folie du Docteur Tube
(The Folly of Doctor Tube)
Also known as [The Folly of Dr. Tube], [The Madness of Dr. Tube], [The Madness of Doctor Tube]
(1915) France
B&W : One reel
Directed by Abel Gance

Cast: Albert Dieudonné [Docteur Tube], Séverin-Mars

Le Film d’Art production. / Produced by Louis Nalpas. Scenario by Abel Gance. Cinematography by Wentzel. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was never officially released in the silent era.

Experimental-Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Cages - Canes - Children - Feather dusters - Flowers - Hand mirrors - Hats: Straw - Keyholes - Keyhole shots - Laboratories - Negroes - Street scenes - Walking sticks

Listing updated: 1 April 2009.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 46; Brownlow-Parade pp. 519, 524, 525, 548 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.