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Bobby’s Dream
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Yale Boss [Bobby], Louise Sydmeth [his mother], Wadsworth Harris

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / © 23 October 1912 by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated [LP59]. Released [?] October? 1912; in a split-reel with For Professional Reasons (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dawson City recovery film number 356.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Public Archives of Canada/Dawson City collection) [incomplete 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (319 feet, duplicated 1979, FPD 8365), incomplete 35mm fine-grain reference positive (319 feet, struck 1979, FEB 1960)], and (AFI/J. Stuart Blackton collection) [incomplete 35mm fine-grain duplicate negative (365 feet, duplicated 1986, FPE 2437), incomplete 35mm fine-grain reference positive (365 feet, struck 1986, FEB 7610)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 13 April 2010.

References: Website-LoC.