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The Crazy Ray (1925)Comedy, Science FictionRating 56/100

PARIS QUI DORT represented a delightfully entertaining feature debut for the young René Clair. Also known as THE CRAZY RAY, Clair’s 1924 film humorously combines the new art of the cinema with other modern symbols: the airplane and the Eiffel Tower. Clair re-edited the film in the ’50s to the concise featurette presented here. The pilot is actor Albert Prejean, who would later play the lead character Albert in UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS.

Cast: Henri Rollan, Madeleine Rodrigue, Albert Préjean, Charles Martinelli, Marcel Vallée, Louis Pré Fils, Myla Seller

Director: René Clair