Dog Factory
About Dog Factory
Two men run a Dog Factory under the sign "Dogs Made While You Wait." Sausages on the racks are labeled Pointer, Setter, Spaniel, Poodle, Plain Dog, and Trained Dog. A customer brings three dogs. They go into the Patent Dog Transformator and come out as strings of sausages. The machine also runs the other way, turning sausages back into dogs. Edwin S. Porter directed it for Edison.
Cast & crew
More about Dog Factory
Wikipedia gives the length as four and a half minutes. Wikidata lists the year 1904 and no running time, writer, or cast. The article names the Edison Manufacturing Company, and Wikidata says Edison Studios.
Themes
Technique
The trick is a cranked cabinet that substitutes sausages for dogs and dogs for sausages.
Notes
- The machine has a slot on top and a flap on each side.
- One man cranks while the other pulls the sausages out.
- Wikipedia calls it an early science-fiction example and a twist on a vaudeville idea.
- The Commons filename is lowercase: Dog factory (1904).webm.
Scenes
- Three leashed dogs go into the top of the machine and three strings of sausages come out the side.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Dog factory (1904).webm)
