''Peeping Tom'' is an 1897 American

short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

film. The film was made by the

American Mutoscope Company The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production and exhibition ...

. It concerns a man peeping through a keyhole at an attractive young woman and his comeuppance. This film is frequently confused online with the 1901 film ''

Par Le Trou De La Serrure ''Par le trou de la serrure'' is a 1901 French silent short comedy film directed by Ferdinand Zecca and distributed in France by Pathé Frères. It was also distributed in the United States under the titles ''What Is Seen Through a Keyhole'' and ...

'' (''What is Seen Through the Keyhole''), directed by

Ferdinand Zecca Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a Innovator, pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the inter ...

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* 1897 films 1890s American films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1897 comedy films 1890s comedy-drama films 1897 short films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub

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