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Before Mickey : an animated anthology /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Ltd., [2009]Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., b&w with col. titles ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1559748230
  • 9781559748230
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Contents:
Enchanted drawing / James Stuart Blackton (1900, 1 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.).
Production credits:
  • Music, Christopher Penny.
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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Cover image Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03736 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050317402
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03735 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050317399

A supplement to the book Before Mickey : the animated film, 1898-1928 / by Donald Crafton.

Anthology originally released in 1982.

Enchanted drawing / James Stuart Blackton (1900, 1 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.).

DVD; NTSC; fullscreen; Dolby digital monaural.

Silent cartoons with English titles and musical score.

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