The Rolling Bed (1907). La Pionera Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business.

Here is what I think is a rehearsal photograph from Alice Guy’s The Rolling Bed (1907). (Is that her looking over the wall?) I found it in a 1912 book accompanied by the following text explaining the “trick” that so impressed its audience: “The film called ‘The Travelling Bed’ is a typical subject of mystification. An aged tenant has fallen into arrears with his rent. . . he has no home and does not know where to search for one. The bed however promptly sets out to solve the problem. It bears its owner into the public highway. The owner is overwhelmed with fright and dismay at the unexpected development, and indulges in frantic gesticulations as the bed canters merrily down the center of the road, with the passers-by pursuing the unusual spectacle. The mystery of the Travelling Bed is easily explained. It moves for the simple reason that it is pushed from behind by stage hands.” JJ Dietrick .  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ein3EzfFAuk

Alice Guy , the woman who established Cinema as a storytelling medium and a viable business.