The Empty Gun (1917)

Directed by

Joe De Grasse

Genre

short film, Western film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rated

NR

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 man named Frank is involved in a Western story. The film was a short silent feature directed by Joe De Grasse. It was the last short film featuring Lon Chaney before he moved on to full-length features.

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What happens

The Empty Gun is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney and Claire McDowell. It was distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was reissued theatrically on April 29, 1921. This was the last short film Chaney made; every film he made after this was a full-length feature. A still exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of Frank, which see. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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