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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1550

Is Spiritualism a Fraud?

19066 minUnited Kingdom

Synopsis

A séance promises supernatural contact until the medium's methods are exposed. The apparent marvels give way to the human arrangements that produced them.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 7:02
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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Wikimedia Commons · Walter R. Booth · Public domain

DirectorsWalter R. Booth

Historical context

The film reveals the machinery of deception rather than simply celebrating an illusion. Its treatment distinguishes a fraudulent claim of spiritual power from tricks offered openly as entertainment.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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