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A Gambler's Choice (1906)

1906 · Ephemeral film · 14 min

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Running time
14 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · More Interesting than Entertaining · Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan · 2008-09-23

A rare example of a 40's-re-issue of a silent film, may be interesting for a documentry on 1909 or such.

★★★★ · Pickles N' Sheep · Spuzz · 2008-12-19

This rather strange film, yes, documents (I think) the troubles of gambling.. In this instance, CHESS is the taboo game here. A Mr. Sheep is losing his mind I guess after playing too much, and stays at home and he greets Mr Pickles for a game at home. One moment, who the hell thought of these names? Soon, fervent playing causes the two men to fall asleep. Sheep has an ultrabizarre dream, something about losing a chess game then having his identity taken over I guess? and that makes him give up the chess game for good. Surreal (Mr Pickles' hair is one for the ages) and bizarre, though it's…