Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle is a 1903 American short black-and-white silent compilation film written and directed by William K.L. Dickson. It is adapted from the play by his friend and investor Joseph Jefferson with Dion Boucicault based on the 1819 story of the same name by Washington Irving. Plot The film features Joseph Jefferson as a ne'er-do-well, who wanders off one day into the Catskill Mountains, where he meets a group of odd men. He drinks some of their mysterious brew and passes out. When he wakes up, he find that 20 years have passed. The film is compiled from a series of films produced in 1896, which consisted of; Rip's Toast (AM&B Cat. #45) Rip Meets the Dwarf (AM&B Cat. #46) Rip and the Dwarf Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow (AM&B Cat. #52) Rip's Toast to Hudson and Crew Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep (AM&B Cat. #50) Awakening of Rip Rip Passing Over Hill These films were added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1995 and featured on the DVD release More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931.