An aged night watchman at a movie studio dreams that he and his outdated movie camera have a chat about the good old days while he naps late one night. We see the marquee of a Jack London film, John Barleycorn; we watch Dorothy Dalton wait in a swamp for Charlie Ray to come calling; a young Gloria Swanson and her dog rescue a baby with some accidental help from Bobby Vernon; Louise Glaum, the Mae West of her day, ensnares a businessman and takes his reputation; and, William Jennings Bryan gives a speech in Union Square. These were the real pioneers notes the talkative camera before the watchman’s alarm clock wakes him at 16 to 1 in the morning to go on his rounds. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.5/10 | |
Released: | August 11, 1934 | |
Runtime: | 11 min | |
Genres: | Drama Short | |
Companies: | The Vitaphone Corporation Warner Bros. Pictures | |
Cast: | Louise Glaum Dorothy Dalton William Jennings Bryan Leo Donnelly | |
Crew: | G.W. Bitzer Dolph Singer | |
insaniacza : agreed although.... how can they actually expect it to be any better than the original?