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
