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- BFI identifier23668
- Date1910 (Release)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisCOMEDY. Tramp is given pill which makes him dream. Main title (1). A tramp calls at a house and asks the housekeeper for food. She goes to her master, Professor Swank, a chemist who tells her to show the tramp in. The tramp is shown into the laboratory where he is offered the pill by the chemist. At first wary, the tramp is persuaded by the offer of money to take the pill. The tramp swallows the pill and sits down, the chemist leaves the room. The tramp falls asleep and begins to dream. A table laden with food appears before him and he eats. Then he is seen in a street, he leans against a post and a car and lady appear. The lady offers him a ride in the car and he accepts. They go to a restaurant where the tramp spills drink and torments the waiter. The manager comes to demand payment and the tramp pays him with lots of money. The tramp then sits closer to the lady and goes to embrace her. He wakes up in the laboratory hugging the fire extinguisher. The chemist enters and brings him a bag of food (397ft). Incomplete. (Shotlist)
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Title
The Dream Pill (Original)
Category
Fiction- +The Dream Pill
Work - 23668 - 1910 (Release)
USA - Film - Fiction
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