Dream Picture

Dream Picture

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Dream Picture

1925

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Overview

In 1924 California’s Tribune-American newspaper ran a competition for its readers to write in with their most unusual dreams and the winning entry was made into a short film. This is Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland’s dream of losing her baby, rowing across San Francisco Bay, picking up some fish, and eventually discovering her lost child in a most unusual place and in trouble with the law.

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Albert Anderson

Policeman

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Lance Nicholson

Himself - father

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Mabel Nicholson

Herself - mother

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