The Bottle Imp (1917)
- Directed by
- Marshall Neilan
- Genre
- fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- NR
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man acquires a magical bottle that can grant any wish but comes with a deadly catch. He must sell it before he dies or his soul will be lost forever. The story follows his struggle with temptation and love set in Hawaii.
silent-erafantasticalromanticfatalisticexotic-locationslow-pacedstagedatmospheric
What happens
The Bottle Imp is a 1917 American silent fantasy film produced by Jesse L. Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the Robert Louis Stevenson short story, "The Bottle Imp". The movie was directed by Marshall Neilan in Hawaii and stars Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa. Prints are held by the George Eastman Museum and Cinémathèque française, Paris. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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