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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1681

It's a Gift

192314 minUnited States

Synopsis

Oil executives invite an eccentric inventor to demonstrate his alternative to gasoline. He leaves a house crowded with peculiar labor-saving devices and sets out in a vehicle propelled by an enormous magnet.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 14:00
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 · Hugh Fay · Public domain

Cast

Snub Pollard

Marie Mosquini

Wallace Howe

Mark Jones

Eddie Dunn

DirectorsHugh Fay

Behind the scenes

Snub Pollard's inventive household and magnet car organize the film around mechanical visual jokes. Hugh Fay directs this silent short, distinct from the later W. C. Fields film with the same title.

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Snub Pollard — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Wallace Howe — Hal Roach; Hal Roach · Public domain

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