The Electric Hotel
An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
From the archive
A 1908 silent Spanish comedy film fantasy directed by Spanish film pioneer Segundo de Chomon. The film displays early use of stop motion animation. A man and a woman check in at a hotel and strange things happen to the luggage, the furniture and the couple. Listed as Public Domain in Wikipedia. See further: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segundo_de_Chom%C3%B3n Chomon's "Selected Works 1902-1914" can be watched here: http://www.ubu.com/film/chomon.html
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- Director
- Segundo de Chomón
- Starring
- Segundo de Chomón, Julienne Mathieu
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