The Fable of the Back-Trackers from the Hot Sidewalks (1917)

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

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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

This is a silent short film from 1917. It tells a story based on a tale by writer George Ade and was directed by Lee Metford.

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What happens

The Fable of the Back-Trackers from the Hot Sidewalks è un cortometraggio muto del 1917 diretto da Lee Metford. Il soggetto è tratto da una storia dello scrittore George Ade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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