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Rip Van Winkle
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Kent

Cast: Robert McWade (Sr.) [Rip Van Winkle], Rose E. Tapley [Lena, his wife], Helene Costello [Steenie, as a child], Dorothy Kelly [Steenie], Forrest Macomber [Petie, as a child], Charles Martin [Petie], Charles Kent

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Eugene Mullin, from the short story “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving. Production supervised by J. Stuart Blackton. / Released 19 August 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Website-IMDb lists Arthur Styan as a cast member in error.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 June 2010.

References: Tarbox-Lost pp. 100, 102 : Website-IMDb.