Above the Limit (1900)

Directed by

Frederick S. Armitage

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A vaudeville actor plays a man who gets into trouble by gambling at a racetrack. It is a very early silent short film meant to warn against betting.

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What happens

Above the Limit (United States copyright 1902 as Chimmie Hicks at the Races) is a short film made in November 1900 by Frederick S. Armitage. It marks the film debut of vaudevillian actor Charley Grapewin, 39 years before his better-remembered role as Dorothy's Uncle Henry in MGM's The Wizard of Oz. Created by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company along with its sister film, Grapewin's Chimmie Hicks and the Rum Omelet, it was shot in September and October 1900 and released in November of that year for viewing in Mutoscope "Moving Picture Machines" (a format with better viewing quality than the Edison Kinetoscope) as a tale sharing the pitfalls of gambling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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