Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
Feb 24 1906
•0h 7m
•Fantasy, Comedy
A live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend by American cartoonist Winsor McCay. This silent short film follows the established theme: the “Rarebit Fiend” gorges himself on rarebit and thus suffers spectacular hallucinatory dreams.
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John P. Brawn
The Fiend
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