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The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built
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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

Directed by George Albert Smith
United Kingdom, 1900
Short, Silent

Synopsis

A 1900 British short silent drama film featuring a boy who knocks over a house made of bricks built by his sister and then rebuilds it when the original sequence is shown in reverse, which exploits a popular cinematic trick and continues the director’s experiments with narrative forms.

Synopsis

A 1900 British short silent drama film featuring a boy who knocks over a house made of bricks built by his sister and then rebuilds it when the original sequence is shown in reverse, which exploits a popular cinematic trick and continues the director’s experiments with narrative forms.