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Synopsis
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
Jack Bittner
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Dorothy Griffith
Cast
Libby Holman
Cast
Josh White
Cast
Stanley Kubrick
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Max Ernst
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Norma Cazanjian
Cast
Doris Okerson
Cast
John La Touche
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Ethel Beseda
Cast
Hans Richter
Director
Hans Richter
Writer
John Latouche
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Richard Hulbeck
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Man Ray
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