The Detective's Ruse (1908)

Directed by

Lewin Fitzhamon

Genre

silent film

Country

United Kingdom

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.

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How it feels

A detective pretends to be an old man in a wheelchair to catch thieves. He then arrests them.

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What happens

The Detective's Ruse è un cortometraggio muto del 1908 diretto da Lewin Fitzhamon. Un detective arresta dei ladri dopo essersi finto un vecchio su una sedia a rotelle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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