Eleven P.M.
A truly bizarre mixture of sentimentality, spirituality and the supernatural, Eleven P.M. follows an impoverished violinist who tries to protect a young girl from straying into a life of sin -- and features one of the most mind-boggling endings ever (the poster above provides a hint). Produced by the Maurice Film Company of Detroit, Michigan.
From the archive
I've been researching newly public domain films from 1929 and earlier, so I'm uploading the best possible copies that I can find. Afro-Cuban immigrant filmmaker Richard D. Maurice released this surrealist crime drama in 1928 to little acclaim or box office, though modern views highly praise this film as highly experimental with an innovative cinematography. This is the only surviving full-length film from Maurice unfortunately, but it has thankfully been well preserved.
Why this is free to watch
Eleven P.M. (1928) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Richard Maurice
- Starring
- H. Marion Williams, Sammie Fields, Leo Pope, Orine Johnson, Richard Maurice, Wanda Maurice, J.M. Stephens, Eugene Williams
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