Mystery of the Leaping Fish/Chess Fever Movie Review 1925

Two silent shorts. The first, filmed in 1916, is a surreal comedy-mystery about a doped-up detective named Coke Ennyday and his hallucinatory, sped-up adventures. The second, made in 1925 during the Moscow Chess Tournament, is a parody of professional chess playing and the fever with which it grips a country. Pudovkin's second directorial credit.

Distribution

Moore Video, PO Box 5703, Richmond, VA 23220-0703, Phone: (804)745-9785, Fax: (804)745-9785

Available on VHS
Running time 64 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Silent Films

Screenplay

Tod Browning

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Alma Rubens

Director

John Emerson, Vsevolod Pudovkin

Producer

Artcraft, Paramount Pictures