The bells : At 3:25 /
The bells (67 min.). An ambitious innkeeper murders a wealthy traveller to settle his debts and is haunted by a hypnotist in a traveling carnival. His conscience is tormented by an apparition of the dead man seeking a confession of his own.
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Kino on Video,
[1998]
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| Series: | Silent scream.
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| Summary: | The bells (67 min.). An ambitious innkeeper murders a wealthy traveller to settle his debts and is haunted by a hypnotist in a traveling carnival. His conscience is tormented by an apparition of the dead man seeking a confession of his own. At 3:25 (21 min.). A surreal fantasy in which an eccentric scientist freezes the population of Paris with a mechanical ray of his own invention. The American edition of the French film. |
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| Item Description: | The bells: from the play "Le juif polonais" (The Polish Jew or The bells) by Alexandre Chatrian and Emile Erekmann ; inspired by the poem by Edgar Allen Poe. The bells: released in the U.S. in 1926. At 3:25: originally released in France in 1923 (The crazy ray or Paris qui dort); it was released in 1927 by Diamond Film Company as a Red Seal Picture entitled: At 3:25. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (88 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS; digitally mastered. |
| Production Credits: | The bells: adapted and directed by James Young ; photographed by L. Wm. O'Connell ; music compiled and performed by Eric Beheim and "The William Pratt Players" -- At 3:25: directed by René Clair ; edited by Morrie Ryskind. |