Rip Van Winkle (1903 film)

Rip Van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle (1896)
Directed byWilliam K.L. Dickson
Written byWilliam K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Dion Boucicault
Washington Irving
Based onRip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving
StarringJoseph Jefferson
CinematographyG.W. Bitzer
Production
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Release date
  • May 1903 (1903-05)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle is a 1903 American short black-and-white silent compilation film written and directed by William K.L. Dickson. It is adapted from the play by his friend and investor Joseph Jefferson with Dion Boucicault based on the 1819 story of the same name by Washington Irving.