Helping John (1912)

Directed by

Bannister Merwin

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

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 short silent comedy from 1912. It follows a person named John who gets some help from friends or neighbors, leading to minor humorous situations.

lightheartedplayfulbrisksimplemildly amusingnostalgicstraightforwardearly-cinema

What happens

Helping John is a 1912 short American silent comedy written Bannister Merwin, directed by Harold M. Shaw, and produced by the Edison Company at its main studio in New York City, in the Bronx. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.