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SANZ Y EL SECRETO DE SU ARTE (1918) Francisco Sanz Baldovi

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:55 pm
by Richard M Roberts
This may be the creepiest thing I've seen in some time:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL86NF2Mhsc


Francisco Sanz Baldovi was a master puppeteer and ventriloquist (perfect for a silent film) who was a vaudeville superstar in Spain and Latin America, and this film shows off many of his famous characters and how he makes his frighteningly realistic dummies. Here's some more info on him:

https://wepa.unima.org/en/francisco-sanz-baldovi/


Fascinating and really, really weird.


RICHARD M ROBERTS