This film, along with nine other films, were shown at a Paris, mini-film festival, by pioneering filmmakers, the Lumiere brothers, in December of 1895. Horse Trick Riders (1895) is the fourth movie, ever shown to a paying audience. It is the first ever example of stunt work in film too. It also was the first animal trick act ever shown to a paying audience. It features the first early examples of acrobatic artists doing their thing, in this case. Jumping onto a horse. It utilizes the acrobatic antics for the sake of comedy. It is a cool film to see, because of its early position in film history, but the Lumiere's really should have found better stunt men. These guys looked, kind-of, amateurish. This was so early in film history that the idea of multiple takes wasn't a thing yet. Still, for less than a minute its no worse than a YouTube video.
8.1 (B MyGrade) = 8 IMDB.
