A Phrenological Burlesque (1901)

Release Date: 1901-08-27
Runtime: 1h 36min
Production Company: Star Film
Production Country: France
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://movies-123.com/actor/11523/georges-m-eacute-li-egrave-s"> Georges M&eacute;li&egrave;s

The film poked fun at phrenology—a highly popular 19th-century pseudoscience that claimed a person's skull shape and "bumps" could determine their intelligence, personality, and criminal traits. By 1901, it was a frequent target for satire and comedy. The narrative followed a phrenologist who is suddenly attacked by an enormous, living human skull.