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The Mesmerist

Directed by Bill Morrison
2003    16m
Crime, Drama, Short
6.4
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Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.
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Cast of The Mesmerist
  • Lionel BarrymoreThe Innkeeper (archive footage)
  • Boris Karloff(archive footage)
  • Laura La Varnie(archive footage)
  • E. Alyn Warren(archive footage)

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