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Tribune-American Dream Picture (1924)

1924 · Ephemeral film · 7 min

Synopsis

The winner of a contest held by the Oakland Tribune and the American Theatre for the most unusual dream made into a photoplay: Mrs. L. L. Nicholson of Oakland's scenario about losing her baby and finding the child after a frantic trip.

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Details

Running time
7 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0209_Tribune-American_Dream_Picture_04_19_04_00-0033

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · No fish allowed here lady · Spuzz · 2016-02-18

Can't believe I havent reviewed this. Anyways, the Tribune-American had a weekly contest for people to submit their dreams and have a chance to get it dramatized on film! How cool is that? Anyways, a woman has a dream that the car she was travelling in from Oakland to SF breaks down, so they have to take a ferry. When they get to SF, they realize their baby is missing! Where is he? Pretty fun and bizarre. Reccomended!