Raymond Hitchcock Sketch (1924)

Directed by

Lee de Forest

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

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

This is a short silent film from 1924 featuring vaudeville and Broadway performer Raymond Hitchcock. He acts out a sketch he wrote himself on camera.

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What happens

Raymond Hitchcock Sketch è un cortometraggio muto del 1924 diretto da Lee De Forest. La pellicola ha come interprete Raymond Hitchcock, un noto attore del vaudeville e del teatro di Broadway. Hitchcok firma anche la sceneggiatura del film. Il regista De Forest era uno scienziato, un fisico che aveva inventato nel 1904 un sistema di cinema sonoro, il Phonofilm che però non riuscì a imporre sul mercato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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