The Artist's Dilemma

The Artist's Dilemma (1901)

December 14th, 19010h 2min

Fantasy, Comedy
55%

Overview

The scene opens in an artist's studio, the artist asleep in his chair. A large old fashioned clock opens and a young lady comes out and awaking the artist, requests him to paint her picture. While the artist is executing the work a clown comes from the clock, takes in the situation and begins to make love to the lady. The artist detects him and compels him to desist his love making. He continues to paint. The clown becomes interested and asks the artist to allow him to paint the picture, and begins smearing a whitewash brush over the canvas, when lo, a most perfect image of the young lady appears. The image then steps down from the frame, joins the young lady in the studio, and the figures, each a perfect counterpart of the other begin to dance to the great astonishment of the artist. The clown the by waving his hand causes the figures of the two girls to merge into one. The artist then assumes his seat and awakens from his dream with a great shock.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon


Released on: 1902-06-15
Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon...

The Seventh Seal

The Seventh Seal


Released on: 1957-02-16
Fantasy, Drama

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country ...

Nosferatu

Nosferatu


Released on: 1922-02-16
Horror, Fantasy

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in ...

The Magic Glass

The Magic Glass


Released on: 1914-06-23
Comedy

A boy uses a professor's liquid to make objects transparent.

The Kid

The Kid


Released on: 1921-01-21
Comedy, Drama

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a chan...

Men...

Men...


Released on: 1985-12-19
Comedy

A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares with his wife af...

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride


Released on: 1999-07-30
Comedy, Romance

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by ja...

Take a Chance

Take a Chance


Released on: 1918-12-15
Comedy, Drama, Romance

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ru...

Sign Seeker

Sign Seeker


Released on: 2011-06-11
Comedy, Romance

A superstitious guy, Bien, seeks all sorts of “divine” signs that will determine his decision of ask...

Between Showers

Between Showers


Released on: 1914-02-28
Comedy

Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp a...

Cruel, Cruel Love

Cruel, Cruel Love


Released on: 1914-03-26
Comedy

This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he woul...

Dough and Dynamite

Dough and Dynamite


Released on: 1914-10-26
Comedy

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two...

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Kid Auto Races at Venice


Released on: 1914-02-07
Comedy

The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Va...

Laughing Gas

Laughing Gas


Released on: 1914-07-09
Comedy

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anest...

Mabel's Busy Day

Mabel's Busy Day


Released on: 1914-06-13
Comedy

Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the...

Mabel's Strange Predicament

Mabel's Strange Predicament


Released on: 1914-02-09
Comedy

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two ...

The Fatal Mallet

The Fatal Mallet


Released on: 1914-06-01
Comedy

Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.

The Masquerader

The Masquerader


Released on: 1914-08-27
Comedy

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed...

The New Janitor

The New Janitor


Released on: 1914-09-14
Comedy

The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of wa...

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance


Released on: 1914-12-21
Comedy

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large ban...