In this experimental short film, Thomas Bailey Aldrich's poem appears below and above the shot--in the black border. Now here's the interesting part--it's in the form of a triptych--three screens side by side. I have no idea if it was to be shown on three screens or just on one split into the three sections. But as the poem is being projected on the screen, scenes are acted out in a beautiful artistic manner. Mermaids and fairies and the like appear on the screen using a double-exposure and it all is quite striking--and highly unusual for 1925--two years before Gance's famous epic triptych film "Naploeon". You should see this one--it's quite lovely.
Review of In Youth, Beside the Lonely Sea
