A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Cast: Paul Panzer [the smoker], Gladys Hulette [the elder fairy], [one female actor].

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Produced by J. Stuart Blackton. Cinematography by Tony Gaudio. / Released 10 August 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Hand colored. / The production was shot at Vitagraph’s Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, studio. The film was restored by the Before Hollywood Project, with the original color tints.

Comedy: Fantasy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / J. Stuart Blackton collection).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation [stop-motion] - Fairies - Matches - Seltzer water - Smoke - Tobacco: Cigarettes, Cigars

Listing updated: 15 June 2010.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 10, 70, 82, 138; Slide-BigV p. 176d; Slide-Early p. 14 : Image-34-1-2 p. 38.

Home video: DVD.