Unseen cinema. 2, The devil's playground. Episode 10, Tomato is another day / Cineric, Inc. presents ; by J.S. Watson, Jr. and Alec Wilder.

THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema. A film designed to show the absurdity of talkies that recorded action in pictures with unnecessary explanations of the action recorded in sound. Film was shown for o...

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Main Author: Wilder, Alec (Composer)
Other Authors: Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982 (Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Filmmakers Showcase, 1930.
Series:Academic Video Online
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