News reporter Bob Wilson is in the audience of a magic show performed by Professor Jasper Murdock and his daughter Dolores. He is taken with her and gets invited to the Murdock home. He's been assigned to do a big photo spread of Professor Murdock's act. The professor is angry and Dorlores convinces him to cancel the story. His boss secretly reassigns the story to another reporter.
It's a little disappointing that there are only a few actual tricks. They are using mostly camera tricks and composite filming. These are magical for the early silent film era. By this point, it's rather boring. This short needs to get rid of those. I was happy with the table cloth trick at first, but it's obviously a trick table top. This one depends on how one views the tricks.
It's a little disappointing that there are only a few actual tricks. They are using mostly camera tricks and composite filming. These are magical for the early silent film era. By this point, it's rather boring. This short needs to get rid of those. I was happy with the table cloth trick at first, but it's obviously a trick table top. This one depends on how one views the tricks.