The Artist's Dilemma (1901)Stream and Watch Online

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Released December 14th, 1901, 'The Artist's Dilemma' stars The movie has a runtime of about 2 min, and received a user score of 56 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 7 top users.

Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .