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Unseen cinema. 2, The devil's playground. Episode 3, The thieving hand [1908] / by creators unknown for Vitagraph Company of America ; [directed by J. Stuart Blackton].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Artificial arms--Drama.
- Artificial arms.
- Theft--Drama.
- Theft.
- Thieves--Drama.
- Thieves.
- Surrealism in motion pictures.
- Experimental films--United States.
- Experimental films.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Silent films.
- Comedy films.
- Fantasy films.
- Experimental films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Devil's playground : American surrealism
- Thieving hand
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1908.
- Language Note:
- Silent with musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. Released by the Vitagraph Company of America, this short comedy about a larcenous and independently minded prosthesis features a nonsensical narrative that the French surrealists would have appreciated as much as they did the work of Emil Cohl. -JAN-CHRISTOPHER HORAK. 35mm 1.33:1 black and white silent with music 18fps 6:34 minutes. Production: Vitagraph Company of America.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 29, 2020).
- "American surrealism".
- OCLC:
- 1191032274
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5053237/marc
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