The Dream Of A Rarebit Fiend
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Uses trick photography to tell the story about a man who dined too well and then dreams of wild midnight journeys through space. Adapted from the cartoon 'DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND,' by Winsor Mc Cay. Stars John P Brawn.
Rarebit Fiend gorges on Welsh rarebit at a restaurant when he starts to hallucinate. He desperately tries to hang onto a lamppost as the world spins all around him. He falls into bed and begins having more hallucinatory dreams. His bed then begins dancing and spinning wildly around the room.
Rarebit Fiend gorges on Welsh rarebit at a restaurant when he starts to hallucinate. He desperately tries to hang onto a lamppost as the world spins all around him. He falls into bed and begins having more hallucinatory dreams. His bed then begins dancing and spinning wildly around the room.
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This film-farce in the French style demonstrates Porter's virtuosity with the trick film. The surreal nightmare of a rarebit fiend takes him on a flight over the skyscrapers of New York by means of a horizontally-split screen and an actuality film known as panorama.
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