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The Magic Skin (1915)

The Magic Skin poster
Directed by
Richard Ridgely
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gives in to temptation and uses a magic skin. The story ends happily when he wakes up from a nightmare, leaves his lover, and marries a good girl.

dreamlikemoralisticlight-heartedwhimsicalromanticold-fashionedplot-driven

What happens

The Magic Skin è un film muto del 1915 diretto da Richard Ridgely. La "pelle magica" del titolo è la pelle di zigrino del romanzo di Balzac: al contrario del romanzo, dove il protagonista finisce male, nel film di Ridgely la storia del giovane che cede alle tentazioni termina invece con un lieto fine, perché lui si risveglia dall'incubo e, accortosi che ha sognato, mette la testa a posto, lascia l'amante e si sposa con una brava ragazza. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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