PARODY FILMS THROUGH THE DECADES SERIES — the 1910s
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In the 1910s, films established themselves and replaced plays, making Nickelodeons the first locales where people watched the latest movie. In Nickelodeons, you can watch the newest film in a small room with a piano for five cents. Films of this era have grown from a few minutes to what we know as television show length. As a result, families or the lone moviegoer can watch a drama or comedy picture in said establishment.
Comedies by the 1910s were more fleshed out, as actors used more slapstick and gags, resulting in parody movies with gags and jokes from popular trends and films.
They released a few parody films in 1910, but the ones released were a sight to behold.
In the 1900s, people viewed Sherlock Holmes in a 30-second clip named Sherlock Holmes Battled, but they haven’t seen him as cocaine addicted eccentric who needed to shoot up every minute to function. 1903s The Mystery of the Leaping Fish sees Douglas Fairbanks as detective Coke Ennyday (that’s some clever shit. I can’t come up with that material) who must discover and stop the opium smugglers.
