Je vais me faire raser

A married man wants to start an affair with his barber's daughter. But the Barber knows how to defend his daughter's virtue.

It's a well-executed one-reeler, but like many a French effort in that line in this era, it telegraphs the punchline from early on, leaving the audience far too much time to anticipate the matter. Usually the shrinkage of the French film-making industry is blamed on the absorption of manpower and materials by the First World War, which was just getting going the month this short was released. Efforts like this indicate that the French, like everyone else, preferred the comedies coming out of the US.

If you wish to look at this effort, a good copy has been posted to the Cinematek Films site on YouTube.