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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1638

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

19095 minUnited States

Synopsis

A sleeping smoker encounters tiny fairies among objects on his table. Their play with tobacco and oversized household items turns a familiar habit into a miniature fantasy.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 5:19
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Vitagraph Company · Public domain

Cast

Paul Panzer

Gladys Hulette

DirectorsJ. Stuart Blackton

Behind the scenes

Vitagraph's trick photography makes the fairies interact with a world much larger than themselves. The short also places a recognizable tobacco product within its spectacle.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 22, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Paul Panzer — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Gladys Hulette — Studio of Napoleon Sarony; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain

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