Unexpected Fireworks (1905)
** (out of 4)
aka Un Feu d'artifice improvisé
The nice thing about going through Flick Alley's terrific Melies set is that they offer up some films you really wouldn't expct to see from the director. This here is one of them as a man keeps bothering a woman by pinching her so she finally knocks him out. Then, a bunch of drunks break into a firework store and place them around the man to give him a big shock. There's really nothing special, magical or too interesting about this film other than it's something different from Melies. There's really not too much comedy and the only real entertainment comes from seeing all these fireworks going off in front of the actor and wondering how on Earth he didn't get seriously injured.