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Rip Van Winkle
19144.50h 59m
Overview
Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the cival war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.
Directed by Edwin Middleton
Written by Washington Irving, Dion Boucicault, Joseph Jefferson
Produced by Edwin Middleton
0Top Cast
Thomas Jefferson
Rip Van Winkle
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Harry Blakemore
Nick Vedder
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Daisy Jefferson
Meenie Van Winkle
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Wallace Scott
Hendrik Vedder
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William Cavanaugh
Derrick von Beekman
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Loel Steuart
Meenie Van Winkle
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Maurice Steuart
Hendrik Vedder - Child
About Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle is a drama, fantasy film released in 1914. Directed by Edwin Middleton, it stars Thomas Jefferson, Harry Blakemore, Daisy Jefferson. Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up under a tree he is astonished to find that 20 years have passed and things are a lot different. This is a charming story about how America changed due to the cival war, only in a different and more subtle way than ever told before.
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