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The Hearts of Age

01/01/1934

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0hr 8min

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Fantasy

,Horror

STORY

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? The Hearts of Age is the first film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short, which he co-directed with William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles' first wife, Virginia Nicholson, as well as Welles himself. He made the film while attending the Todd School for Boys, in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Orson Welles
  • William Vance
  • Edgerton Paul
  • Virginia Nicolson

    Directors

  • Orson Welles
  • William Vance

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • No Language

Cast

Edgerton Paul

Bell-Ringer in Blackface (as Paul Edgerton)

Virginia Nicolson

Keystone Cop

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