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OFF TO BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM - THE BALLET MASTER'S DREAM - WHIMSICAL ILLUSIONS - DREAM OF AN OPIUM FIEND - BARON MUNCHAUSEN'S DREAM

OFF TO BLOOMINGDALE ASYLUM
France 1901

THE BALLET MASTER'S DREAM
France 1903
A ballet teacher is worried about the new dance steps that he must find for his next
ballet. He goes to bed and falls asleep. In his dreams, he sees two female dancers, and
then a ravishingly eccentric dancer dressed in << gum >>. The dream turns into a
nightmare when he tries to grasp the young woman and she turns into a horrible old
woman. Fortunately, he wakes up and realizes it was all a dream.

WHIMSICAL ILLUSIONS
France 1909
After having made lanterns, stools, and green plants appear magically, an illusionist
takes out of a crate a majestic Egyptian followed by a pretty Egyptian woman. He makes
himself disappear into the crate and reappears on stage to take a bow in front of the
audience.

DREAM OF AN OPIUM FIEND
France 1908
After having smoked a pipe of opium, a man falls asleep and dreams. The moon appears
to him in the form of a very pretty woman and attempts to woo her. However, the woman
transforms into a grotesque monster that he wants to knock out...but then, he wakes up.

BARON MUNCHAUSEN'S DREAM
France 1911
The Baron of Münchhausen has enjoyed a wonderful dinner with his friends. He goes to
bed a bit tipsy. In his troubled sleep, he sees charming apparitions and others that are
not so charming. He also has real nightmares that take place in the large mirror placed
above his bed. In the end, he breaks the mirror with his night table and finds himself
outside of his home, hanging on a gate. Such a dreadful wakening !