The Watermelon Patch (1905)

USA, 1905
11m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
silent

An American short fantasy film directed by Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter.

Plot Summary

Several black men raid a watermelon patch but are scared off and pursued by a pair of scarecrows that turn out to be living skeletons and later a gang of white vigilantes.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter
Copyrighted 1905
Edison Manufacturing Company
Photography: Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter

References

Books

  • Shadows in a Phantom Eye: Attractions & Aberrations in the Moving Image Volume One: 1872-1907 by The Nocturne Group p.33