Winsor McCay, the famous cartoonist of the NY Herald and his moving comics. Gertie. Colonel Heeza Liar at bat. Bobby Bumps, before and after. Farmer Alfalfa's revenge. Mest' kinematograficheskogo operatora. Kapten Grogg bland andra konstiga kroppa. Alice's mysterious mystery. Alice rattled by rats. Lunch hound. Oily bird. Felix the Cat dines and pines.
Notes:
A supplement to the book Before Mickey : the animated film, 1898-1928 / by Donald Crafton.
Contents:
Felix the Cat dines and pines / Pat Sullivan & Otto Messmer (1927, 7 min.). Animated painting / Edwin S. Porter (1904, 1 min.) -- Humorous phases of funny faces (1906, 3 min.) ; Lightning sketches (1907, 2 min.) ; Princess Nicotine, or, A smoke fairy [excerpt] (1909, 2 min.) / James Stuart Blackton -- Fantasmagorie (1908, 1 min.) ; Clair de lune espagnol = The man in the moon (1909, 4 min.) / Emile Cohl -- Winsor McCay, the famous cartoonist of the NY Herald and his moving comics (1911, 7 min.) ; Gertie (1914, 9 min.) / Winsor McCay -- Colonel Heeza Liar at bat / John Randolph Bray, Leslie Elton (1917, 6 min.) -- Bobby Bumps, before and after / Earl Hurd (1918, 4 min.) -- Farmer Alfalfa's revenge / Paul Terry (1916, 3 min.) -- Perpetual motion / Max & Dave Fleischer (1920, 4 min.) -- 'Twas but a dream / Raoul Barré (1916, 2 min.) -- Mutt and Jeff in the flood [excerpt] / Raoul Barré & Charles Bowers (1918, 3 min.) -- Taking a ride [excerpt] / Wallace Carlson (1920, 1 min.) -- Le garde-meuble = The Automatic Moving Company / Romeo Bosetti (1912, 4 min.) -- Mest' kinematograficheskogo operatora = Revenge of the kinematograph cameraman / Ladis Starevich (1912, 9 min.) -- Kapten Grogg bland andra konstiga kroppa = Captain Grogg among other strange creatures / Victor Bergdahl (1920, 6 min.) -- Lost world [excerpt] / Willis O'Brien (1925, 4 min.) -- Alice's mysterious mystery (1924, 7 min.) ; Alice rattled by rats / Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks (1925, 8 min.) -- Lunch hound / Walt Lantz (1927, 9 min.) -- Oily bird (1928, 8 min.) ; Felix the Cat dines and pines / Pat Sullivan & Otto Messmer (1927, 7 min.).
Summary:
A collection of twenty-five silent animated short films made between 1900 and 1928, with piano accompaniment. Featuring Felix, Bobby Bumps, Alice, and others.
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