Alcohol in the Movies, 1898-1962
A 1906 film called The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend shows a man drinking and eating voraciously at a restaurant, then going home to bed. In the surreal scenes that follow, furniture disappears, tiny devils poke the man''s head with pitchforks, and his bed hurls itself out the window and across the city. But it wasn''t commentary on drinking; rather, it was a showcase of early special effects--doubl...
A 1906 film called The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend shows a man drinking and eating voraciously at a restaurant, then going home to bed. In the surreal scenes that follow, furniture disappears, tiny devils poke the man''s head with pitchforks, and his bed hurls itself out the window and across the city. But it wasn''t commentary on drinking; rather, it was a showcase of early special effects--doubl...
