The Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table Lamp (1917)
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- 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 silent short film from 1917. It follows a character who tries to climb to success and encounters a shiny table lamp. The story uses this object to teach a lesson about striving and reward.
lightheartedmoralisticwhimsicaldatedsimplequietplayfulsatirical
What happens
The Fable of the Toilsome Ascent and the Shining Table Lamp รจ un cortometraggio muto del 1917 diretto da Charles J. McGuirk che firma anche la sceneggiatura tratta da una storia dello scrittore George Ade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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