The Dream Pill (1910)
Professor Swank has at last succeeded in crowning his career as an inventor by giving to the world a dream pill that will prove a positive antidote to nightmares. Having made the pills, the next thing is to find someone to try them on, and Swank's friends are not willing. They've been the goat on other inventions and they fight shy of new preparations. The advent of a tramp who wants something to eat solves the problem, and Swank offers him a live spot to be the pioneer dream pillist. The tramp is almost afraid to tackle the pills, but Swank raises the ante and the tramp decides that it is better to die rich than to starve to death. He takes the pill and in a flash there is a bountifully spread table before him and when his appetite has been satisfied he finds that he is wearing good clothes. Lighting a cigar he starts in to see the town and almost immediately is captured by a most attractive young woman who invites him for an automobile ride. They go to a restaurant, where the tramp finds that he is good for another meal, and makes the interesting discovers that he has a pocket full of money. He finds a damsel even more to his liking and he promptly makes a switch, discovering the new charmer to be a queen. She elects him king and he is about to claim his first kiss after the wedding ceremony when the pill's power fades and he wakes up. A spirited half reel story with many funny trick effects.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
