In early July 1911, during the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
of motion pictures, at
David Horsley's Nestor Comedies in
Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...
, New Jersey,
Al Christie
Charles Herbert Christie (April 13, 1882 – October 1, 1955) and Alfred Ernest Christie (November 23, 1886 – April 14, 1951) were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.
Early life
Charles Herbert Christie was born between April 13, 1 ...
began turning out a weekly
one-reel live-action
Mutt and Jeff
''Mutt and Jeff'' was a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns". It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept of a newsp ...
comedy short, which was based on the comic strip. The series lasted 2 years ending in 1913. Approximately 59 shorts were produced. Below is a list of the films separated by years.
1911
* ''Mutt and Jeff Break Into Society''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Make the Feathers Fly''
* ''Mutt and Jeff's Scheme That Failed''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Unlucky Star''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Lady Stenographer''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Discover a Wonderful Remedy''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Join the Opera Co''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Blackhand''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Spend a Quiet Day in the Country''
* ''Mutt and Jeff as Reporters''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Dog Catchers''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Newsboys''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Escaped Lunatic''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the German Band''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Country Judge''
* ''Mutt and Jeff in the Banking Business''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and the Goldstein Burglary''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Get Passes to the Ball Game''
* ''Mutt and Jeff Make a Hit''
* ''Mutt and Jeff at the Fortune Teller's''
* ''Mutt and Jeff in a Matrimonial Affair''
* ''Mutt and Jeff on the Job''
1912
* ''Mutt and Jeff Fall in Love''
* ''Mutt and Jeff and Italian Strikers''
1913
* ''Mutt and Jeff'' (unknown title)
* ''Whaddaya Mean You're Contended''
* Mutt and Jeff in Panama
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