Maniac Chase (1904)
- Directed by
- Edwin Stanton Porter
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man escapes from a mental institution and runs through the streets. Police and others chase him in a series of funny mishaps.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Trying to Get Arrested (1909)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.