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Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville
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Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville

1921-09-12 · 11 min · ★ 5.9

Fantasy · Animation

After eating a cheesecake given to him by a kind-hearted lady, a hobo goes to sleep and has a bizarre dream in which insects are putting on a vaudeville show for him, with a grasshopper juggling an ant, a dancing daddy long-legs, etc.

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Directors
Winsor McCay
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Rialto Productions
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United States of America
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