HEINIE AND THE MAGIC MAN (1916) JImmy Aubrey

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HEINIE AND THE MAGIC MAN (1916) JImmy Aubrey

Postby Richard M Roberts » Fri Apr 08, 2016 5:43 am

A MIttenthal Heinie sans Louis apparently, released by Pathe' October 28, 1916, with Jimmy Aubrey, Elmer Redmond, and Dan Crimmins, Rosa Gore and H.H. McCollum :

http://www.moviemice.com/_pages/fr_heinie/index.php


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Re: HEINIE AND THE MAGIC MAN (1916) JImmy Aubrey

Postby Gary Johnson » Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:33 pm

Boy, the work that can be done in film restoration today is mind-boggling. The re-animated scenes looked seamless.

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Re: HEINIE AND THE MAGIC MAN (1916) JImmy Aubrey

Postby Rob Farr » Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:01 am

Agreed. So now it's possible to generate "new" footage where none exists. The most extreme example is at 3:53 in the demonstration footage, where the original film has a break at the point when Aubrey walks away after putting an apple on the girl's head. The reconstructed film allows Aubrey to complete that walk, presumably by looping his first step. The process is done intelligently here, but you could imagine all sorts of ways that it could, and undoubtedly will be, abused.
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