Le pompier des Folies Bergres / Un pompier qui prend feu (1927)

A short film produced in 1927 to promote the Folies Bergères. The fireman on duty at the Folies reels out of the theatre, dazzled by all the naked women he’s seen. He sees in all the people around him nude showgirls; the band in a club, the patrons in a bar, even his fellow firemen at the fire station doing group exercises become naked women doing knee-bends. On his way there, he arrives at “Cadet“ Metro station, where he meets Josephine Baker (not naked, but wearing a short skirt and bra) sweeping the platform. She does one of her gangling comic dances for his benefit.