The two cupids

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1926

Creator: filmmaker, Wladyslaw Starewicz.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Starewicz, Władysław, 1882-1965.

Description: Animation.; Original release title in France: Amour noir et blanc.; Release title in the U.S.: Two cupids.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Two cupids, one black and the other white, sling eros' arrows at each other. The film features puppets modeled after movie actors (Chaplin, Tom Mix, Lillian Gish, Snub Pollard) in an amorous interracial conflict. A misunderstanding between a group of black actors and white actors leads to mass confusion.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE