Maniac Chase (1904)

1904 · Silent film · 8 min · dir. Edwin S. Porter

• Comedy

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Synopsis

Maniac Chase is a 1904 American short silent comedy film directed by Edwin S. Porter and produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company. The film is a remake of The Escaped Lunatic, a film directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. released at the beginning of 1904. This was one of two Biograph Company hits remade by Edison's company in fall 1904, the other being Personal, which was copied as How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the New York Herald Personal Columns.

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Details

Director

Edwin S. Porter

Studio

Edison Manufacturing Company

Released

1904-10-15

Running time

8 minutes

Cast & crew

• Edwin S. Porter Director

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