Alas and Alack (1915)
- Directed by
- Joe De Grasse
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 5 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
A fisherman and his wife face a fateful turn when a hunchbacked figure appears. The story mixes real life with a fairy tale element.
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What happens
Alas and Alack is a 1915 American silent drama short film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney and Cleo Madison. An incomplete print of the film survives in the BFI National Archive (one source states the last six minutes of the film are missing). Chaney showed off his makeup expertise in this film playing a dual role in the film, as both Jess' fisherman husband and "Hunchback Fate" in the fairy tale portion of the film (see Plot). A still exists showing Chaney as the hunchbacked fisherman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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