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The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)
Short | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

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The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)

Short | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their ...See moreAt a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model during which he becomes so inebriated that he is taken to jail. There he has a nightmare, wherein three busts are created and animated from clay (through stop-motion photography) in the likenesses of Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republicans Charles W. Fairbanks and William Howard Taft. Finally an animated bust of Roosevelt appears. Written by Fiona Kelleghan See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Florence Auer Model Model See fewer	The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Edward Dillon Actor Actor See fewer	The Dice Woman (1926)
D.W. Griffith Actor Actor See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Anthony O'Sullivan Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited) See fewer	The Monument (1913)
Mack Sennett Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited) See fewer	A Small Town Idol (1921)
Harry Solter Extra (uncredited) Extra (uncredited) See fewer	The Taming of the Shrew (1908)