Correction Please; or, How we got into pictures - ACE084.3

Mock intertitle: "Williamson arrives at the house where the Countess and her father are staying." Medium shot of car driving towards camera, and Williamson getting out; camera follows him as he walks towards the front door. Reverse angle shot as maid opens door to him and he walks in. Camera follows them as they go towards sitting room. Medium shot as he walks into room, following him as he examines surroundings. Insert of Countess entering through curtains. Medium shot of Williamson giving Countess the letter. Her question in intertitle. She offers him a cigarette. His reaction in intertitle. Medium shot of Peeping Tom. Keyhole shot of maid kicking Williamson and knocking him over; Peeping Tom reacts; back to keyhole shot as maid takes Williamson away. Still from early film with keyhole shape superimposed on it. Commentary quoting writer who suggests that the apparent unavoidability of actors facing front is unnatural and destroys the illusion. The film, The Bride Retires (Le coucher de la mariée, 1902). Caption: "You, the object and the vicarious eye."