A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Burglar in the Bed Chamber
(1898) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton

Cast: (unknown)

American Vitagraph Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 16 December 1898 by Thomas A. Edison [73461]. Released December 1898. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / Website-IMDb incorrectly credits James H. White with the film’s direction.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

References: Slide-BigV p. 169 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.