from College Chums (1907)

from College Chums (1907)

An interesting film still that not only shows three separate shots at once, but also shows a rather comics-like use of text making a visual path across the image from one character to another.

(Image from David Bordwell‘s post “Lucky ’13″.)

2 Responses to “Telephone Text”

  1. aaron says:

    this looks like a guy madden film.

  2. DerikB says:

    He draws on old silent films a lot in his work, so it’s not surprising.

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