Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet

Directed by Winsor McCay

Produced by Rialto Productions

A surreal, energetic silent-era dream sequence where an ever-growing creature's voracious appetite spirals into increasingly absurd and unsettling chaos.

After eating a rarebit, a man falls asleep and dreams his wife adopts a mysterious animal with an insatiable appetite. The pet eats its milk, the house cat, the house's furnishings, rat poison, and passing vehicles, including airplanes and a blimp, while growing larger and larger. This cartoon is part of a Dream trilogy animated by Winsor McCay in 1921. (CBGP)