A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
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Sam Dalton as Man
James Williamson Director
I Won't, I Won't, I'll Eat the Camera First Trailer
A Photographic Contortion Trailer
Englishman Swallows Photographer Trailer
United Kingdom 15 October 1901
United States 14 September 1902
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The Big Swallow a clever though logically-flawed movie contains the 1st Extreme Close Up used within as a plot device instead of for emotional purposes.
Annotated version of "The Big Swallow." Produced and directed by James Williamson; starring Sam Dalton; for Williamson Kinetograph Co.; in 1901. Posted to ...
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