How Brown Saw the Baseball Game

How Brown Saw the Baseball Game is a 1907 American short silent comedy film. The film follows a baseball fan, named Mr. Brown, who becomes so intoxicated that the game appears to him in reverse motion. During production, trick photography was used to achieve this effect.

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Summary How Brown Saw the Baseball GameHow Brown Saw the Baseball Game is a 1907 American short silent comedy film. The film follows a baseball fan, named Mr. Brown, who becomes so intoxicated that the game appears to him in reverse motion. During production, trick photography was used to achieve this effect. It received positive reviews in a 1908 issue of The Moving Picture World, a film journal, that reported the film was successful and “truly funny” As of 2015, it is unclear whether a print of the film has survived. If rediscovered, the film would be in the public domain and would likely become a lost film.

It is a silent film shot in black and white, and the finished product comprised 350 feet ofFilm was released into theaters by Lubin Manufacturing Company on November 16, 1907, and was still being shown as late as August 1908. Modern writings have often suggested it was produced as Lubin’s alternative to the Edwin S. Porter-directed comedy How the Office Boy Saw the Ball Game released the previous year.