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Artistic Creation

19012 minUnited Kingdom
Comedy

Synopsis

An artist draws a woman whose image begins coming to life in separate parts. The act of creation moves beyond a flat drawing and confronts the performer with a presence he must manage.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
2:02
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Walter R. Booth · Public domain

DirectorsWalter R. Booth

Behind the scenes

Walter R. Booth turns the lightning-sketch performance into a trick film. Substitution effects connect the artist's handwork with the appearance of a living figure.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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