The Mesmerist
Nov 07 2003
•0h 16m
•Drama
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.
Cast
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Lionel Barrymore
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
Boris Karloff
(archive footage)
Laura La Varnie
(archive footage)
E. Alyn Warren
(archive footage)
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