Mixed Pets (1911)

Mixed Pets is an early Alice Guy Blaché comedy about misunderstandings that arise when a new husband refuses to buy his new wife a dog and the couples domestic help conceal the fact they are married with a baby Puppies and babies become mixed up in cabinets as everyone tries to hide their adored pets The film is enormously funny and shows a poignant understanding of peoples joys and foibles as well as a perceptive grasp of relationships a Guy Blaché trademark