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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Rip Van Winkle |
| Date | 1896 |
| Document Type | Film |
| Library/Archive | BFI National Archive |
| Collection | Victorian Compilation |
| Notes | 35mm, black and white, 307 feet. Note: Originally filmed in 68mm. |
| Topics | film, silent, play |
| Director | William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson |
| Production Company | American Mutoscope Company |
| Duration | 00:03:26 |
| Genre | drama |
| Description | Joseph Jefferson in six scenes (of an original eight) from Dion Boucicalt's play `Rip van Winkle', based on the Washington Irving story, filmed out-of-doors at Jefferson's summer home at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. 1. Rip meeting the dwarf, 2. Rip leaving Sleepy Hollow, 3. Rip's toast to Hudson and crew, 4. Rip's twenty year sleep, 5. Awakening of Rip, 6. Rip passing over the mountain. |
| Copyright | BFI National Archive |