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The Sculptor’s Nightmare
(1908) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 679 feet
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: [?] ? [the sculptor], [?] Florence Auer? [the sculptor’s model], [?] ? [the sculptor’s wife], Mack Sennett [a political delegate], Lawrence Griffith (D.W. Griffith) [a restaurant patron], Harry Solter, Anthony O’Sullivan, Eddie Dillon (Edward Dillon)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 4 May 1908 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H110169]. Released 6 May 1908. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format?

Comedy.

Synopsis: After a reveling sculptor is arrested and put in jail, he dreams of busts of political figures that shape themselves by means of stop-motion cinematography.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Artists: Sculptors - Flags - Jails - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Restaurants: Waiters - Signage

Listing updated: 2 March 2010.

References: Film viewing : Niver-First pp. 123-125 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.