A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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La valise de Barnum
Also known as [Barnum’s Trunk]
(1904) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Gaston Velle

Cast: (unknown)

Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Scenario by Gaston Velle. / [?] 35mm spherical format? / The film was released in the USA in May 1904.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 October 2023.

References: Musser-Emerge pp. 412, 598 : Website-IMDb.