The Spieler (1928)
- Directed by
- Tay Garnett
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man gets involved in gambling and the trouble that follows. The film blends silent-era visuals with early recorded sound.
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What happens
The Spieler is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Hale, Clyde Cook, and Renée Adorée. While the film had a few sequences with audible dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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