What Happened in the Tunnel

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  • NR
  • 1903
  • 1 min
  • 5.7  (369)

This one-shot film was designed to be inserted into a railway panorama (a long tracking shot taken from the front of a moving train) for comic relief. G. M. Anderson (later known as "Broncho Billy") plays the "masher" who attempts to kiss a well-to-do white woman when the train they are riding enters a tunnel. She anticipates his move and trades places with her maid (who is blacked up according to stage conventions), and when he comes out of the tunnel he discovers that the tables have been turned. Although the film employs painful racial stereotypes, the women work together to give the sexually harassing male his comeuppance.

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Description
  • Release Date
    1903
  • MPAA Rating
    NR
  • Runtime
    1 min
  • Language
    English
  • IMDB Rating
    5.7  (369)