Alf's Button (1920)
- Directed by
- Cecil Hepworth
- Genre
- comedy film, fantasy film, silent film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 2 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 British soldier finds a coat button that turns out to be magical. It brings a genie who fulfills his many wishes.
whimsicallightheartedcomedicfantasticalplayfulquirkyoptimistic
What happens
Alf's Button is a 1920 British silent fantasy comedy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Leslie Henson, Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames. It was based on the 1920 novel Alf's Button by William Darlington. The film is about a British soldier who discovers a magic coat button which summons a genie to grant his various wishes. It was remade as a sound film in 1930. It was shot at Walton Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Glad Eye (1920)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.