01 August 1896 4 mins
An abridged version of the tale of Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, who wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of small men drinking and playing. 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.
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Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle
William K.L. Dickson Director
United States 01 August 1896
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