This is an Edwin S. Porter film produced for the Edison Studio. It is based on the then famed cartoon by Winsor McCay, whose strip ran with bizarre dreams with no recurring characters...unless you count the Welsh Rarebit as a recurring character!! (Welsh Rarebit is a kind of cheesy toast, sometimes called Welsh Rabbit). This film was not produced in 1903, and couldn't have; McCay's strip didn't even begin until 1904. The film actually dates from 1906. In early film cinema, that might as well be the same thing as comparing a film from 1980 to one of the early CGI 2000's. I have election poll training tomorrow....I might just be feeling like this 24 hours from now... Happy Election Season!
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