Jack's Joke 111 years old

A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors would be required to lip sync to preexisting recordings on camera, the Kinetophone was one of the earliest film technologies to record sound at the same time as the image.

Credits

Jack's Joke Cast

Name Character
Arthur Housman He was 23, 52 years old when he died as Ned Brown
Edward Boulden He was 33, 58 years old when he died as Jack Jones

Jack's Joke Crew

Name Department
Thomas A. Edison as Producer. Production
Jack's Joke poster
Jack's Joke (111 years)

  • Release day: Friday, February 07, 1913
  • Runtime: 6 minutes