The Haunted Hotel (1907)
- Directed by
- J. Stuart Blackton
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 35 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
Live action and stop motion are combined to make objects move on their own in a hotel room. A man checks into a haunted inn where furniture and food come to life and cause mischief.
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What happens
The Haunted Hotel is a 1907 American silent comic trick film written, produced, and directed by J. Stuart Blackton. One of the oldest surviving films featuring animation, it combines live action and stop motion to animate objects. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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An Artist's Dream (1900)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.