The Waif and the Wizard (1901)

Directed by

Walter R. Booth

Genre

fantasy film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magician uses his powers to help a sick girl after her brother asks for his aid.

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What happens

The Waif and the Wizard, also entitled The Home Made Happy, is a 1901 British silent comic trick film, directed by Walter R. Booth, featuring a magician using his magic to aid an ailing girl at the request of her brother. The film, "is rather less elaborate in terms of special effects than the other films that W.R. Booth and R.W. Paul made the same year," but, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "provides an excellent illustration of how effects used sparingly can often have more impact, especially when set in a suitable emotional context." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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