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A 12-minute fever dream where a phrenologist turns a nobody into a Napoleon complex on steroids.

The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps (1914)

Silent-era chaosAbsurdist satireEgo trip

Overview

Comedy

He was too big for this world when a Phrenologist told him he was a modern Napoleon.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Wallace Beery's pre-stardom villainy as fake scientist Bunkum.

Production

George Ade adapting his own Fables for early cinema.

Best for:Solo: Quick 1910s rabbit hole for silent film curious.·Background: Chaotic energy while doing literally anything else.
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Director

George Ade

ReleasedJul 15, 1914
Runtime12m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Top Cast

Beverly Bayne

Beverly Bayne

Mrs. Smalley

Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

Prof. Bunkum

Leo White

Leo White

Wilfred Smalley

Robert Bolder

Robert Bolder

Mr. Montgomery

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Trivia

George Ade's 'Fables in Slang' were bestselling books; this was part of Essanay's attempt to franchise literary IP like they did with Chaplin.

Cultural

Phrenology was already discredited by 1914, making this scientific mockery deliciously contemporary—like laughing at crypto bros in 2024.

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