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| Winsor McCay | ... | Winsor McCay | |
| George McManus | ... | George McManus | |
| Roy L. McCardell | ... | Roy McCardell | |
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Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan | ... | Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan |
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Winsor Z. McCay bets another cartoonist that he can animate a dinosaur. So he draws a big friendly herbivore called Gertie. Then he get into his own picture. Gertie walks through the picture, eats a tree, meets her creator, and takes him carefully on her back for a ride. Written by <isa013@advs2.gm.fh-koeln.de>
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national film registry | animal character name as title | three word title | gertie the dinosaur character | silent |Taglines:
Gertie: she's a scream. She eats, drinks and breathes! She laughs and cries. Dances the tango, answers questions and obeys every command! Yet, she lived millions of years before man inhabited this earth and has never been seen since!! See more »Certificate:
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15 September 1914 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Gertie the Trained Dinosaur See more »Filming Locations:
American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West at 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USACompany Credits
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Gentleman: We've got a puncture. Let's go into the museum while he fixes it.
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[first lines]Gentleman: We've got a puncture. Let's go into the museum while he fixes it.
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Winsor McCay did a great many things of which he could be justifiably proud, but I think Gertie the Dinosaur ranks at the top of that lengthy list of accomplishments and I suspect McCay may have felt the same way, for it is still remarkable all these years later. Gertie is more life-like than some people I know! Funny, believable, touching and fascinating, sometimes all at once. This is one of the cornerstones of modern animation and also succeeds on its own terms and merits as both art and entertainment. Winsor McCay grew unhappy and somewhat disgruntled and disillusioned as animation became, in his eyes, more commercial and less artistically inclined. I've often wondered what McCay would have made of the independents, such as Will Vinton and Bill Plympton, among others, and the different forms, like Claymation and the stop-motion work of George Pal and others. I hope he would be pleased with at least some of the work done in the last 90 or so years. An absolute gem. If you haven't seen Gertie, I envy you for the treat you have in store. She's a delight. Well worth getting. Most highly recommended.