The Black Hand (1906)
- Directed by
- Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 12 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 silent film from 1906 about a criminal gang operating in an Italian neighborhood in New York. It shows a kidnapping and the response from the community and police.
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What happens
The Black Hand (full title The Black Hand: True Story of a Recent Occurrence in the Italian Quarter of New York) is an American silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon. It is generally considered by motion-picture historians to be the earliest surviving gangster film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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