The Night Before Christmas (1905 film)

The Night Before Christmas
Santa Claus at the end of the film
Directed byEdwin S. Porter
Written byClement Clarke Moore (poem)
StarringHarry Eytinge
CinematographyEdwin S. Porter
Distributed byEdison Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • December 16, 1905 (1905-12-16)
Running time
9:00 (800 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Night Before Christmas is a 1905 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It closely follows Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem Twas the Night Before Christmas, and was the first film production of the poem.

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