The Butcher's Nightmare

Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep and has a dream in which he threatens to foreclose the mortgage on the home of the girl he loves. He also makes a regular crook of the girl's brother by having his safe robbed and the money placed in the brother's pocket. Ben is aroused from his dream by his partner, who is beating him over the head with a slab of meat.

Release Date

February 24, 1917

Status

Released

Original Title

The Butcher's Nightmare

Runtime

20min

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Production Companies

Vogue Motion Picture Company