In a dimly lit room under the glow of laboratory lamps in the late nineteenth century, a young couple flirting suddenly finds itself confronted by the scientific frenzy of the dawn of the twentieth century. George Albert Smith blends the dynamic, trick-filled film aesthetics of the early cinema era with gothic humor. Silhouettes of skeletons projected onto the wall appear on screen in one of early cinema’s most playful tricks. As comedy and horror intertwine, the boundary between flesh and bone vanishes momentarily on the screen.