A Curious Dream Explained

A Curious Dream
Director:J. Stuart Blackton
Studio:Vitagraph Company of America
Distributor:Vitagraph Company of America
Runtime:300 feet
5-6 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent

A Curious Dream is a 1907 short drama film based on Mark Twain's short story of the same name, collected in Sketches New and Old. Twain himself provided the following testimonial: "Gentlemen: I authorize the Vitagraph Company of America to make a moving picture from my 'Curious Dream'. I have their picture of John Barter, examining his gravestone, and find it frightfully and deliciously humorous".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lupack, Barbara Tepa . Take Two: Adapting the Contemporary American Novel to Film . 1994 . Popular Press . 0-87972-642-3 . 3.