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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1491

The Waif and the Wizard

19011 minUnited Kingdom

Synopsis

A boy asks a magician to help his sick sister. The performer takes his abilities beyond the stage, bringing a moment of extraordinary assistance into the children's difficult home life.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 1:47
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Walter Booth · Public domain

DirectorsWalter R. Booth

Behind the scenes

Booth uses fewer effects than in many of his contemporary trick films. Their placement within the siblings' story gives the magic an emotional purpose as well as a spectacular one.

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