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The Dream of a Moving Picture Director(1912)

Comedy

Status: Released

Date: 1912-06-05

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Time: 0h 53m

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The manager calls in the director to give him one in a hurry. The director shows him several scripts, but they do not suit; so the director is compelled to call the scenario writer to have a play written in an hour. The director summons his company and reads the play to them; then tells them to make up, while he gives his plots to the stage manager. Being weary, he falls asleep in a chair in the center of the stage and dreams the following: A young girl, employed in an office, falls in love with the head clerk. The boss is a black mustached villain, who is also in love with the girl.

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United States of America

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Lubin Manufacturing Company

Movie: The Dream of a Moving Picture Director

Top 6 Billed Cast

Jerold T. Hevener

The Movie Hero

Eleanor Caines

The Movie Heroine

John Barrymore

The Movie Villain (as Jack Barrymore)

Will Hartzell

Will Hartzell

The Movie Detective

Edwin Middleton

Edwin Middleton

Self - The Movie Director

Shannon Fife

Self - The Author of the Story

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The manager calls in the director to give him one in a hurry. The director shows him several scripts, but they do not suit; so the director is compelled to call the scenario writer to have a play written in an hour. The director summons his company and reads the play to them; then tells them to make up, while he gives his plots to the stage manager. Being weary, he falls asleep in a chair in the center of the stage and dreams the following: A young girl, employed in an office, falls in love with the head clerk. The boss is a black mustached villain, who is also in love with the girl.
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1912-06-05
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