In a recent release of three DVDs entitled "Gaumont Treasures", three different early French directors were given their own DVD compilation. On the one for Alice Guy (the first female director), this film is included and it says it was directed by Guy, not Louis Feuillade. I'm not sure if Kino or IMDb is correct about this one.
The film consists of some sort of poodle or poodle-mix stealing a long, long coil of sausages from the butcher shop (though it looks more like a rope). Suddenly, everyone in town is chasing the dog--almost like the people in "The Gingerbread Man" story from our youth. This makes the film unusual for an early Gaumont film, as the scenes change a lot during the course of the film. Not surprisingly for the era, the camera is totally stationary and inter-cutting is used extensively--not a roving camera lens.
It's all very slapstick and frantic. All in all, it's a bit overacted but quite fun--sort of like a French version of a Keystone comedy.
