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Paris Qui Dort (The Crazy Ray) (1925)

Name: Paris Qui Dort (The Crazy Ray)
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1925
Duration: 34 min

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Paris Qui Dort (The Crazy Ray) (1925) is a 35-minute science-fiction short film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain.

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Synopsis

Paris Qui Dort (literally "Paris which sleeps") is a 1924 French science fiction comedy silent feature film (65 minutes) directed by René Clair. Also released as Le rayon de la mort (55 minutes), its international English-language titles were The Crazy Ray and Paris Asleep (usually 55 minutes).

The film is about a mad doctor who uses a magic ray on citizens which causes them to freeze in strange and often embarrassing positions. People who are unaffected by the ray begin to loot Paris.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Crazy Ray (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

About Paris Qui Dort (The Crazy Ray) (1925)

Quick facts

Year: 1925
Runtime: 35 minutes
Type: Short film · Science Fiction
Credits (Internet Archive record): René Clair
Sound: Silent film with a CC0 piano score

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1925 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Rene Clair silent.
Source: Internet Archive

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