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

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)

Trailer

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