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Tobacco Mania
(1909) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 360 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 28 December 1909 by Edison Manufacturing Company [J136751, J136752, J136753, J136754]. Released 28 December 1909; in a split-reel with The Fallen Idol (1909) and The Cap of Fortune (1909). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Thompson-Star p. 228 mistakenly identifies this as a Méliès production.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The gentleman photographed read a newspaper account of a new disease called “tobacco tremens,” caused by excessive use of tobacco, and having the same symptoms as delirium tremens. With the thought of what he had read uppermost in his mind and considerably worried over his own craving for “the weed,” he retires for the night, half determined to give up the habit. It is then that the power and effect of suggestion is conclusively shown to us. In his dreams he is seated in his library, deriving comfort out of the stem of his favorite pipe, when an enormous snake glides across the floor at his very feet. Before he can recover from the shock a teddy-bear brushes his elbow from a convenient position on the stand and an imp of the devil dances his greeting, appearing and disappearing in bewildering fashion. Seized by a panic, the gentleman dashes from the house along a moonlit road, peopled by pursuing animals and torturing fiends of all descriptions. Just as he is run through by the sword of His Satanic Majesty he wakes up and, realizing that the creatures that have caused him to suffer the tortures of the damned exist only in his disordered imagination, he is so relieved and impressed by the wonderful realism of the dream that he swears off smoking at once.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 May 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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