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The Haunted Hotel (1907)

The Haunted Hotel poster
Directed by
J. Stuart Blackton
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

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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