Underplayed Gems

The Hearts of Age (1934)

The Hearts of Age poster
Directed by
William Vance, Orson Welles
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
8 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

A silent short film made by a teenage Orson Welles and a friend. It shows a few strange scenes with actors in old-fashioned costumes, including someone on a porch and a man in blackface.

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What happens

The Hearts of Age is an early film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short that he co-directed with friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles's first wife, Virginia Nicolson, and Welles himself. He made the film at his former school, the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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