This french short comedy from the silent movie
era, directed by Adrien Caillard, based presumably on the children’s book of
the same title by Alfred Machard, has one of the most promising summaries I
ever read:
Nestor Pancucule takes his son to an union meeting. He
places him next to the stove and warns him not to touch the pipe. In his
enthusiasm, the son breaks the pipe and ashes fill the room. Nestor spanks his
son. When they get home, the boy sees the super intendant spanking Trinité
Thélémaque. Trinité has an idea: kids should create a spanking union! They meet
at night in a basement. One of them rats them out and all parents come get
them! In spite of Trinité's cries: "Don't touch us, we're a union",
everyone gets spanked
The film is listed in ancient catalogues as no 8537 from Visio Film for
Pathé France. The main spankees should be Maurice Touze (as Nestor) and Simone
Genevois (as Trinité) , but there should be as well, as the cataloge says, “37
actors between one and 12 years old”.
I could not find the film yet, but If anyone has any ideas, please let
me know.
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