George Foottit
Actor · 1864 – 1921 · Manchester, England
George Foottit (1864 – 1921) was an English clown who found fame on the Paris circus scene. He is famous for being part of the clown duo "Foottit and Chocolat".
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Movie5.0AnimationComedyGuillaume Tell
1896 · 4 votes
Movie5.5DramaMilitis, a sailor, returns to a bar where he finds Sarah, the girl he once loved and is still attracted to. However, he is now married to an exotic woman who took care of him during an illness.
Fièvre
1921 · 19 votes
Movie4.0ComedyComic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. To separate Foottit and Chocolat who are fighting, their servant brings a policeman to whom the two accomplices play all sorts of tricks.
Le policeman
1900 · 1 votes
Movie1.0DocumentaryThe Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from theatre (Coquelin the eldest, Gabrielle Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Félicia Mallet), opera & operetta (Mariette Sully, Emile Cossira, Jeanne Hatto, Mily-Meyer, Désiré Pougaud), to café concert & music hall variety (Footit et Chocolat, Mason and Forbes, Little Tich, Brunin, Polin, Jules Moy) and dance (Blanche and Louise Mante from the Paris Opera, Carlotta Zambelli, Michel Vasquez, Rosita Mauri, Jeanne Chasles, Achille Viscusi, Christine Kerf, Cléo de Mérode).
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
1900 · 1 votes
- Movie4.7Comedy
Vaudeville comedians Foottit and Chocolat hop and dance around and occasionally fight.
Chaise en bascule
1900 · 9 votes
Movie5.0ComedyGeorge Footit & Rafael Patodos starts fighting.
Foottit et Chocolat, I. Boxeurs
1900 · 1 votes
- Movie4.2Comedy
A short skit in which vaudeville duo Foottit and Chocolat reenact the Wilhelm Tell routine.
Foottit et Chocolat, IV. Guillaume Tell
1900 · 5 votes
Movie4.0ComedyComic scenes taken at the Nouveau-Cirque by the two famous clowns Foottit and Chocolat. During a battle between Foottit and Chocolat, the latter, who received a slap, plays dead; a stretcher is brought in to carry it away, but the prankster passes under it and happily performs a few gambols while the carriers believe they are carrying away a corpse.”
La mort de Chocolat
1900 · 1 votes
Movie5.5ComedyFoottit et Chocolat, II. Acrobates sur la chaise
1900 · 2 votes