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The Disintegrated Convict (1907)

Short | Comedy | Crime

Overview

A prisoner attempts a daring escape using trick transformations, dissolving and reassembling into new forms as he eludes capture. This early Vitagraph short showcases imaginative special effects in a comic take on prison break fantasy.

Length 5 minutes

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/23/2023PhoneStreamingVideo on Demand7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Followed up THE FLY-COP with this even shorter short from Vitagraph about a convict who escapes jail and leads the cops on a chase through a series of visual transformation gags. The gags are pretty inventive, even more so considering this was 1907.

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