The Hearts of Age
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| The Hearts of Age | |
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| Directed by | Orson Welles William Vance |
| Written by | Orson Welles |
| Starring | Orson Welles Virginia Nicolson William Vance Paul Edgerton |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film |
The Hearts of Age is an early film made by Orson Welles. The film is an eight-minute short that he co-directed with friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles's first wife, Virginia Nicolson, and Welles himself. He made the film while still attending the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19.[citation needed]
Plot
The plot is a series of images loosely tied together, and is arguably influenced by surrealism. This once-rare film is easily seen today thanks to DVD extras and sites such as YouTube. As a home movie, no copyright was ever filed, and so the film is in the public domain. Many point to it as an important precursor to Welles's first Hollywood film, Citizen Kane. Welles and Vance were college friends. The latter's only other film on record is another student short – an adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1932.[citation needed]
Cast
- Orson Welles as Death
- Virginia Nicolson as the Old Woman/Keystone Kop
- William Vance as the Indian in blanket
- Paul Edgerton as the Bell-ringer in blackface
References
External links
- The Hearts of Age at IMDb
- The Hearts of Age at AllMovie
- The Hearts of Age at YouTube
- Mashup Recreation of The Hearts of Age
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