Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

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Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

1921

0h 11m

5.9(15 votes)

Fantasy

Animation

Overview

After eating a cheesecake given to him by a kind-hearted lady, a hobo goes to sleep and has a bizarre dream in which insects are putting on a vaudeville show for him, with a grasshopper juggling an ant, a dancing daddy long-legs, etc.

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Directed by: Winsor McCay
Written by: Winsor McCay

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