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Hypnotising the Hypnotist (1911)

Directed by Laurence Trimble

Overview

As a bonus to this year’s screening of The Boatswain’s Mate, festival attendees can also enjoy “Vitagraph Girl” Florence Turner in this short comedy produced in 1911, when Turner was at the height of her fame that, as Jennifer Bean puts it, “mocks cultural anxieties associated with hypnosis, with the idea that one person can control the will, spirit or behaviour of another”.

Length 8 minutes

Actors

Florence Turner | Charles Kent | Charles Edwards | Kate Price