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Maniac Chase
(1904) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by [?] Edwin S. Porter? / © 7 October 1904 by Thomas A. Edison. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A copy cat version of Biograph’s The Escaped Lunatic (1904), shot on the same locations.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Chases

Listing updated: 11 February 2011.

References: Fell-History p. 38; Niver-First p. 60.