The Milker's Mishap

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The Milker's Mishap
Directed byJames H. White
Produced byEdison Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • February 1897 (1897-02)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film

The Milker's Mishap is a very early short 1897 comedy film about a man milking a Holstein, which becomes frisky and kicks over the milker and the pail of milk. The man blames some farm hands, and a quarrel ensues.


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