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The Mesmerist

8.0200316mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorBill Morrison
WritersJames Young·Bill Morrison
ProducerBill Morrison

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Cast · Directed by Bill Morrison

LBLionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
The Innkeeper (archive footage)
BKBoris Karloff
Boris Karloff
(archive footage)
LVLaura La Varnie
Laura La Varnie
(archive footage)
EWE. Alyn Warren
E. Alyn Warren
(archive footage)

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