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Ching Ling Foo Outdone (1900)

Ching Ling Foo Outdone poster
Directed by
Edwin Stanton Porter
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A short silent film shows a magician performing tricks of vanishing and appearing. The film uses camera stops to make the illusions seem more impressive.

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What happens

Ching Ling Foo Outdone è un cortometraggio diretto da Edwin S. Porter della durata di circa 1 minuto in bianco e nero. Protagonista del cortometraggio è il prestigiatore americano William Ellsworth Robinson, il quale, nato a New York attorno al 1864 da immigrati scozzesi, si esibiva nei teatri sotto il nome d'arte di Chung Ling Soo. In questo cortometraggio grazie agli effetti cinematografici può mostrare una complessa sequenza di giochi di prestigio, apparizioni e sparizioni, effettuati col trucco dell'arresto della ripresa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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