Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Directors:

Winsor McCay
J. Stuart Blackton

Writers:

Winsor McCay (comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland")
Winsor McCay (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 April 1911 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Animation | Documentary

Plot:

Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | State In Title | Acronym In Title | Early Animation | Based On Comic

Cast

John Bunny
Winsor McCay	...	Himself
George McManus

Directed by
Winsor McCay
J. Stuart Blackton		(live action)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Winsor McCay		comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland"
Winsor McCay		screenplay

Produced by
Winsor McCay	....	producer

Cinematography by
Walter Arthur		(live action)

Animation Department
Winsor McCay	....	animator

Production Companies

• Vitagraph Company of America

Distributors

• General Film Company (1911) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Little Nemo (USA) (alternative title)
Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay Explains His Moving Cartoons to John Bunny
Winsor McCay Makes His Cartoons Move
Winsor McCay and His Animated Comics (UK)

Runtime:

7 min | 10 min (16 fps)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (hand-colored) | Black and White (tinted) (some sequences)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent | Silent

Company:

Vitagraph Company of America

Trivia:

Winsor McCay worked four years, made four-thousand drawings, and hand-colored the 35mm frames.

Movie Connections:

Version of Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

Magnificent animation and drawing

In the world of comic strips, Winsor McKay was easily one of the greatest artists of all time..and as an animator, his work is comparable. He was firmly convinced that he invented the animated cartoon, and although this is not the case, his work does stand alone. Take a good look at the work he did on the Lusitania sequence, and you will find that only the Fleischer Bros. Superman cartoons approach the realism in illustration, the light simulation, and the smooth, full animation. Also, you get a chance to see George McManus, creator of the "Bringing up Father" strip and a fantastic artist himself. If animation is your metier, it's required viewing..brilliant clear through.