Dream of a Rarebit Fiend is a 1906 silent trick film directed by Edwin S. Porter for Edison Manufacturing Company. It is a seven-minute live-action film adaptation of the comic strip Dream of the Rare
The January 28, 1905, Dream of the Rarebit Fiend comic strip upon which the film was based
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The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's collection of films selected for preservation, each for its cultural, historical and aesthetic contributions since th
Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (film)
…photographic 'stunts' have never been seen or attempted before." In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Rarebit Fiend gorges on Welsh rarebit at a restaurant. When he leaves, he…
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