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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


[Gertie on tour--excerpts] / Winsor McCay.


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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [Rialto Productions?, 1921].

SUMMARY
Gertie is a dinosaur who lives in present times. She encounters a train and dreams of being the life of the party in her time.

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Additional animators, John McCay, John Fitzsimmons.

Main and end titles and parts of film lacking.

Duration: 1:22 at 24 fps.

Summary from J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress.

On reel with: The centaurs.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; M/B/RS shelflist.

Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.

SUBJECTS
Dinosaurs--United States--Drama.
Dreams--Drama.
Railroads--United States--Drama.
Fantasy--Animation--Short.
Prehistoric--Animation--Short.

RELATED NAMES
McCay, Winsor, production, animation.
McCay, John, animation.
Fitzsimmons, John A., animation.
Rialto Productions.
AFI/Cinematheque Canadienne Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel (ca. 136 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.

CALL NUMBER
FEA 5543 (ref print)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
animp 4082 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/animp.4082

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