Here's one of the forgotten comedy duos of the 1910s, Pokes & Jabs. Burns goes to pick up some deviled crabs for supper, and the street starts turning, until Stull, as the devil, gets Burns' soul in return for a good time.
Not that he gets one. Mostly it's the sort of camera tricks that Melies had vented in the 1890s, although there's something more to it than Melies had done. It's not simply the camera tricks, meant to astonish the movie audience, but a technique to achieve a particular effect in service of the tale being told. It's grammar, not the point of the movie.
Not that he gets one. Mostly it's the sort of camera tricks that Melies had vented in the 1890s, although there's something more to it than Melies had done. It's not simply the camera tricks, meant to astonish the movie audience, but a technique to achieve a particular effect in service of the tale being told. It's grammar, not the point of the movie.
