| THE VANISHING LADY Early trick film - A statue comes to life and the sculptor falls in love with his creation. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5002 |
| Catalog #: | 364530 | |
| Clip Number: | 364530-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1 B (M) | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:39 - 01:05:33 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1908 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Love, Romance, Courtship ENTERTAINMENT/FICTION FILMS: Trick/Special Effect LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | THE VANISHING LADY Early trick film - A statue comes to life and the sculptor falls in love with his creation. Title frame; then a paragraph (added later; 1920?). Artist in a fancy studio with BG of pillars; etc.; he is wearing Grecian-type robes and sandals. Completes statue of a lady; stands back to look at it; then kneels;emoting wildly; throwing his arms to the heavens and toward the statue. Suddenly the statue transforms into a live woman.She steps down off the pillar; the man jumps back; she crosses room and climbs on another stand; he runs to the other side; looks like he blows a kiss; he runs to her kneels; runs back; runs to her again and tries to throw his arms around her; but before he can embrace her she disappears--vanishes--and appears again across the room. He tries to grab her again and she disappears from the waist up. He picks up the bottom half; carries it back and forth; sets it on a stand. He crosses room; the entire lady appears again. She walks across; gets back on the stand where she was in the first place; and turns into a statue again. The man becomes very upset and finally falls to the floor. change; transformation; metamorphosis; disappearance; magic; fainting. | |
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