The Sculptor's Nightmare

The Sculptor's Nightmare

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1908-05-06

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model during which he becomes so inebriated that he is taken to jail. There he has a nightmare, wherein three busts are created and animated from clay (through stop-motion photography) in the likenesses of Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republicans Charles W. Fairbanks and William Howard Taft. Finally an animated bust of Roosevelt appears.

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The Sculptor's Nightmare

Storyline

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model during which he becomes so inebriated that he is taken to jail. There he has a nightmare, wherein three busts are created and animated from clay (through stop-motion photography) in the likenesses of Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republicans Charles W. Fairbanks and William Howard Taft. Finally an animated bust of Roosevelt appears.

Released

1908-05-06

Runtime

9

Director

Wallace McCutcheon Sr.

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Comedy

Animation

Language

No Language

Production

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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    Florence Auer

    Florence Auer
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    Edward Dillon

    Edward Dillon
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    D.W. Griffith

    D.W. Griffith
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    Harry Solter

    Harry Solter
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    Anthony O'Sullivan

    Anthony O'Sullivan
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    Mack Sennett

    Mack Sennett