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A colonial scene in the U.S. An old lady sits astride a bell while a man in blackface, wig, and livery pulls the bell rope. From an upper door emerges an old man, dressed as a dandy, who tips his hat to the woman as he walks down stairs grinning. Others leave the same door and walk down the same stairs: a shabby man, a cop, and, several times, the same dandy. The man in blackface hangs himself; the dandy continues to smile. A bell tolls, a grave beckons. In the dark, the dandy plays the piano. Is he Death?
Original Release
01/01/1934
US Release
01/01/1934
Cast
Name | Character |
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Virginia Nicolson | Old woman / Keystone Kop / Keystone Cop |
Edgerton Paul | Bell-ringer in blackface / Bell-Ringer in Blackface (as Paul Edgerton) |
Orson Welles | Death |
William Vance | Indian in blanket |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Virginia Nicolson | Old woman / Keystone Kop / Keystone Cop |
Edgerton Paul | Bell-ringer in blackface / Bell-Ringer in Blackface (as Paul Edgerton) |
Orson Welles | Death |
William Vance | Indian in blanket |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William Vance | Producer |