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The Night Before Christmas
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Van Dyke Brooke

Cast: Maurice Costello [the father], Leah Baird [the mother], Helene Costello [the child], Earle Williams [the doctor], Miss Navarro (Mary Navarro) [Ruth]

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Eugene Mullin, from the poem “The Night Before Christmas” by Clement Moore. / Released 17 December 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 22 May 2012.

References: Pohle-Holmes p. 26 : Website-IMDb.