The Doll's Revenge

1907 FantasyHorror 3 minutes Directed by Lewin Fitzhamon

About The Doll's Revenge

A father brings Gertie Potter a doll that can dance. Her brother Bertie Potter steals it and tears it apart. The doll puts itself back together, grows, pulls him to pieces, and eats them.

Cast & crew

More about The Doll's Revenge

Lewin Fitzhamon directed. Cecil M. Hepworth produced it at the Walton studio in 1907. Credits have also been printed with Hepworth as director; the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film lists Fitzhamon as director and Hepworth as producer.

Themes

  • A broken toy that comes back
  • A prank punished on the spot
  • doll
  • Bertie Potter
  • Gertie Potter
  • stop-substitution
  • Hepworth
  • Walton

Technique

Stop-action substitutions let the broken doll reassemble and then enlarge until it can pull the boy apart.

Notes

  • boblipton, writing from a viewing, says Bertie looks a little old for the Little Lord Fauntleroy suit.
  • IMDb lists a Danish title, Dukkens hævn.
  • Roy Kinnard's Horror in Silent Films (pp. 21–22) includes the short.

Scenes

  • The father gives Gertie a doll that dances.
  • Bertie tears the doll apart.
  • The doll grows, pulls him to pieces, and eats them.

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