Difficulties ensue when Calino and Onésime get married on the same day, in the same registry office.Difficulties ensue when Calino and Onésime get married on the same day, in the same registry office.Difficulties ensue when Calino and Onésime get married on the same day, in the same registry office.
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Uniting two of Durand's favorite characters.
In the 1910s, director Jean Durand make a string of movies starring two two similar funny(?), Onésime and Calino. Both looked rather similar and both were bumbling boobs. And, I would agree with the other reviewer that apart from baggy pants, they were pretty interchangeable characters. Ernest Bourbon (Onésime) and Clément Mégé (Calino) made a ton of movies for Durand. However, in "Onésime se Marie, Calino Aussi", we find BOTH characters in the same film. Will this mean twice the fun? Maybe...and maybe not.
The two friends are about to marry but almost marry each other's brides. This makes both of them rather testy. To make things worse, both wedding parties go to the same restaurant for their banquets--and soon they end up irritating each other and they come to blows. At this point, a trademark of Durand is once again used--the falling and breaking shelf. The fighting continues for some time until the pair reconcile and come up with a bizarre solution to their problems.
Seen today, most folks would have no idea that these two were popular characters in their day. When I tried researching about both, I found nothing. All I do know is that the films have a certain Durand familiarity about them and they are pleasant but otherwise unremarkable in this film. Worth seeing if you love silents, but their knockabout antics have not aged especially well.
By the way, although I noticed that Berthe Dagmar (the director's wife) was listed in the cast, the two brides appeared to me to be guys dressed in drag. Perhaps I am wrong.
Also, the pair would return soon in another film ("Onésime et l'Héritage de Calino") and the results would be much better.
The two friends are about to marry but almost marry each other's brides. This makes both of them rather testy. To make things worse, both wedding parties go to the same restaurant for their banquets--and soon they end up irritating each other and they come to blows. At this point, a trademark of Durand is once again used--the falling and breaking shelf. The fighting continues for some time until the pair reconcile and come up with a bizarre solution to their problems.
Seen today, most folks would have no idea that these two were popular characters in their day. When I tried researching about both, I found nothing. All I do know is that the films have a certain Durand familiarity about them and they are pleasant but otherwise unremarkable in this film. Worth seeing if you love silents, but their knockabout antics have not aged especially well.
By the way, although I noticed that Berthe Dagmar (the director's wife) was listed in the cast, the two brides appeared to me to be guys dressed in drag. Perhaps I am wrong.
Also, the pair would return soon in another film ("Onésime et l'Héritage de Calino") and the results would be much better.
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- planktonrules
- May 5, 2013
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