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The First Animators: 1906 to 1921

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DVD · Public domain in the US · 12 titles

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The First Animators: 1906 to 1921

Where animation starts. Blackton drawing faces that move on a blackboard, Cohl's stick figures dissolving into one another, McCay's Gertie the Dinosaur taking direction from the stage, and Starevich animating dead beetles into a melodrama in 1912.

12 titles, about 85 minutes. J. Stuart Blackton, Emile Cohl, Winsor McCay, Ladislas Starevich.

On the disc

  1. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces3 min
  2. Fantasmagorie1 min
  3. Little Nemo11 min
  4. The Whims of Agenor5 min
  5. The Ant and the Grasshopper5 min
  6. The Beautiful Leukanida9 min
  7. The Cameraman's Revenge13 min
  8. How a Mosquito Operates6 min
  9. The Insects' Christmas7 min
  10. Gertie the Dinosaur12 min
  11. The Sinking of the Lusitania11 min
  12. Gertie on Tour1 min

The copyright

Published in 1930 or earlier. Public domain in the United States. Copyright rules vary elsewhere; check the status in your country.

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