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His Only Pair

Grandma sews a patch on her grandson’s trousers

Comedy 1902 1 mins Silent

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Overview

‘His Only Pair’ was the title of several Victorian sentimental paintings - usually depicting a poor boy waiting in some embarrassment while his trousers are patched by a grandfather or grandmother. Nakedness and poverty are the twin causes of his shame. Robert Paul’s film version makes this a comic situation by introducing a group of the boy's friends pointing and laughing through the window.

The scene is filmed against a cottage interior set, with a window and a practical door, through which the friends enter. The ensuing scrap is stopped short by granny shooing them all out of the door.

Original title
His only Pair
Genres
Comedy
Released
1902
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English

Subjects

Needlework Trousers