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O que importa é a psicodelia.

Someone needs to make a song "on top" of this video...

Title
Mesmerist and country couple

Summary

"Mr. and Mrs. Hayseed have heard of this wonderful Professor, and come to his office. They waken him from a trance, give him a fee and he hypnotizes them. The stunts they do while under his influence would make the Sphinx laugh for joy. Hayseed stands on his head, balances himself on a chair and takes off his clothes. Mrs. Hayseed also begins to disrobe, but she goes behind a screen. Her bare arm appears over the top, and she drops her clothes on the floor. It is a hair raising moment to guess what she's going to do next. The mystical appearances and lightning changes are managed with wonderful cleverness. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.

Contributor Names

Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, production, cast.
Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera.
American Vitagraph Company.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899.

Subject Headings

- Hypnotism--Humor
- Mesmerism--Humor
- Mesmerists--Humor
- Farmers--Humor

Genre

Comedy films
Silent films
Short films
Fiction films

Notes

- 40080 U.S. Copyright Office
- Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 17June1899; 40080.
- J. Stuart Blackton (Professor).
- Camera, Albert E. Smith.
- Duration: 1:44 at 16 fps.
- Filmed in May to mid-June 1899, in Vitagraph's rooftop studio in New York.
- Paper print shelf number (LC 1708) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 509; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 204; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 84-85 [MI]; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 667.
- Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.