Discover more cinematic gems and rare oddities at https://www.flickeralley.com/

Instagram   / flickeralley  
Twitter   / flickeralley  
Facebook   / flickeralley  

Silent films owe a great deal to the vaudeville tradition; its short, unrelated stage acts were not only a nearly inexhaustible source for early film content, but also a programming model for nickelodeon theaters. The Dancing Pig was a mindboggling music hall routine filmed several times for different companies – here, for Pathé Frères in 1907.