Over the Hills to the Poor House (1908) (1908)
- Original title
- Over the Hills to the Poor House
- Directed by
- Stanner E.V. Taylor
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 4.8 of 10 from 2 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
This is a short silent film from 1908 based on a poem. It shows a story about aging and poverty, focusing on a person who ends up in a poorhouse.
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What happens
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse è un cortometraggio muto del 1908 diretto da Stanner E.V. Taylor: La poesia di Will Carleton Over the Hill to the Poor House, che ispirò il soggetto del film e che venne adattata in seguito per altre versioni cinematografiche, originariamente era parte della raccolta Farm Ballads pubblicata a New York nel 1873. Il cortometraggio, interpretato da Florence Auer, Edward Dillon e Mack Sennett, venne prodotto dall'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company che lo distribuì in sala il 26 giugno 1908. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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