The Mesmerist

Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust.

Cast

Lionel Barrymore

The Innkeeper (archive footage)

Boris Karloff

(archive footage)

Laura La Varnie

(archive footage)

E. Alyn Warren

(archive footage)