That Razor Blade Problem (1936)

Titles read: THAT RAZOR BLADE PROBLEM Solved by ARTHUR HAYLOCK. Pathe Studio, London. A man is seen sitting down at a breakfast table, reading a newspaper. A young man in a leather jacket, 24yearold Arthur Haylock, sits down opposite him. C, U of a newspaper article about Arthur with a headline that reads Old Razor Blades He Just Eats Them. We then see some gruesome footage of Arthur eating razor blades, crunching them up in his mouth after a liberal sprinkling of salt Then he eats the flowers that are sitting in a vase on the table. The other man gives Arthur some funny looks he is eating toast. Next, Arthur takes the light bulb out of the lamp above the table, breaks it and eats some of the glass near the bottom yeuch He washes it down with some water. Lastly, he gets up, takes a bowler hat off a peg behind the newspaper man and bites into it. The other man springs up, saying Blimey, that s my hat and takes a bite of it himself FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PAT