The Curtain Pole
"The Curtain Pole" (1909) by director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to...