Rip Van Winkle (1921 film)
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{{infobox film
| name = Rip Van Winkle
| image = Rip Van Winkle poster.jpg
| caption = Lobby poster
| director = Edward Ludwig
| producer = Ward Lascelle Productions
| writer = Edward Ludwig (adaptation)
Agnes Parsons (scenario)
| based_on = {{basedon|"Rip Van Winkle"|Washington Irving}} and {{basedon|"Rip Van Winkle" (play)|Dion Boucicault and Joseph Jefferson}}
| starring = Thomas Jefferson
Milla Davenport
| music =
| cinematography = David Abel
| editing =
| distributor = W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1921|10|02|USA}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
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Rip Van Winkle is a 1921 American silent fantasy film, directed by Edward Ludwig. Starring Thomas Jefferson and Milla Davenport in the oft-filmed 1819 Washington Irving short story about Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep and wakes up 20 years later.{{cite web|title=Rip Van Winkle|publisher=AFI|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=18211}}{{cite web|title=Rip Van Winkle (1921)|publisher=Nuray Pictures |url=http://www.nuraypictures.com/movies/rip_van_winkle_1921}} It was made famous in the 19th century as a play by Thomas Jefferson's father, Joseph Jefferson, and Dion Boucicault. T. Jefferson had starred in a 1914 feature-length version of the story, which was re-released in 1921 just as this film was premiering. However, the two should not be confused as the same film, they are two different films starring the same actor.
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Rip Van Winkle |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=14 |issue=4 |page=53 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=January 21, 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald14exhi}} after swearing off drinking time and time again and familiarly discounting the next drink after each resolution, Rip Van Winkle (Jefferson) is finally driven out of the house by his wife Gretchen (Davenport).
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On his journey into the hills, he meets a little man from the Catskill Mountains who is carrying a keg. After drinking the strange concoction, Rip's slumber for twenty years follows. When he returns to his village, everything and everyone has changed. His wife has married the unscrupulous Derrick Van Beckman (Sosso), who has designs on the Van Winkle's property. Rip arrives just in time to prevent a forced marriage of his daughter Meenie (Daisy Jefferson) to Derrick's nephew, and reclaims his land. Rip and Gretchen are reunited and she promises him that he can become tipsy as often as he pleases in the future. Meenie marries her childhood sweetheart, who has returned after being believed to have been lost at sea.
Cast
- Thomas Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle
- Milla Davenport as Gretchen Van Winkle
- Daisy Jefferson as Meenie Van Winkle
- Gertrude Messinger as Meenie Van Winkle, as a child
- Pietro Sosso as Derrick Van Beckman
- Max Asher as Nick Vedder
- Francis Carpenter as Hendrick Vedder
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0012627}}
- [https://archive.org/details/RIPVANWINKLE1914ThomasJeffersonsonOfJosephJefferson Rip Van Winkle] available for free download at Internet Archive (incorrectly labeled as a 1914 film)
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Category:Films based on Rip Van Winkle
Category:Silent American fantasy films
Category:Films directed by Edward Ludwig
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Category:Films based on works by Dion Boucicault
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