page_title: An Old-Time Nightmare (1911 film)
hierarchical_section_title: An Old-Time Nightmare (1911 film)
caption_attribution_description: English: Still from 1911 film An Old-Time Nightmare showing scene of an actor dressed in an all-black costume portraying "Crow", Birdland's executioner; beside him, with his head on a chopping block, is "Tommy", a boy whom a jury of birds convicted and sentenced to death for stealing eggs from a nest; "Minister Dove” (right with book) and birds of other species observing in rear. Still published in The Moving Picture World, September 16, 1911, p. 778.
context_page_description: An Old-Time Nightmare is a lost 1911 American silent comedy-fantasy film. Directed by Fred Walton, the short was released as the latter half of a 1000-foot "split reel", with the first half being another comedy short, Lost in a Hotel. Both films were produced by the Powers Moving Picture Company of New York. This short's performers are not credited in 1911 reviews, in plot summaries, or in advertisements published in trade journals at the time. The faces of most of the cast were not visible on screen, for many of the actors wore costumes with full head coverings sculpted to resemble various species of birds, including a sparrow, eagle, dove, owl, wren, stork, bluebird, robin, linnet, and crow. While the short was identified upon its release as a comedy, it was also characterized in several contemporary reviews as a morality lesson and ideal photoplay for "juvenile" audiences.
context_section_description: An Old-Time Nightmare is a lost 1911 American silent comedy-fantasy film. Directed by Fred Walton, the short was released as the latter half of a 1000-foot "split reel", with the first half being another comedy short, Lost in a Hotel. Both films were produced by the Powers Moving Picture Company of New York. This short's performers are not credited in 1911 reviews, in plot summaries, or in advertisements published in trade journals at the time. The faces of most of the cast were not visible on screen, for many of the actors wore costumes with full head coverings sculpted to resemble various species of birds, including a sparrow, eagle, dove, owl, wren, stork, bluebird, robin, linnet, and crow. While the short was identified upon its release as a comedy, it was also characterized in several contemporary reviews as a morality lesson and ideal photoplay for "juvenile" audiences.
caption: The boy Tommy prepares to be executed for stealing eggs from a bird's nest
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