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The Sculptor's Nightmare · 1908

The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908) is a Comedy / Animation film directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr., starring Florence Auer, Edward Dillon, D.W. Griffith.

ComedyAnimation

Overview

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.

Cast

Florence Auer, Edward Dillon, D.W. Griffith, Harry Solter, Anthony O'Sullivan, Mack Sennett

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What is "The Sculptor's Nightmare" about?

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.

When was "The Sculptor's Nightmare" released?

The Sculptor's Nightmare was released in 1908.

Who stars in "The Sculptor's Nightmare"?

The cast includes Florence Auer, Edward Dillon, D.W. Griffith, Harry Solter.