Winsor McCay: Animation Legend
- Synopsis
- A compilation of the work of Winsor McCay, one of the founding fathers of cinema animation and a key figure in the development of cinema. He became famous as a newspaper strip cartoonist, then developed a stage act which incorporated a series of ‘lightning sketches’, which in turn led to his creation of actual moving pictures which he incorporated into his vaudeville act. All ten of his films and fragments are included in this compilation.
LITTLE NEMO (1911, director J S Blackton, 10 min), partly hand-coloured, consisting of 4000 drawings plus a live action sequence.
HOW A MOSQUITO OPERATES (1912, 5 min), a line drawing (ink on rice paper) based on one of McCay’s ‘Rarebit Fiend’ strip cartoons.
GERTIE THE DINOSAUR (1914, 12 min), live action and animation, based on McCay’s strip cartoons. In his stage McCay, dressed as a ringmaster, gives orders to Gertie which would be dutifully obeyed. This mixture of live stage act and filmed animation was unlike any other public entertainment of the time.
THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA (1918, 10 min), the first animation based on an actual event. It took two years to complete and consisted of over 25,000 drawings.
THE CENTAURS (c1918-1921, 3 min), fragments.
GERTIE ON TOUR (c1918-1921 2 min), fragments.
FLIP’S CIRCUS (c1918-1921), 8 min; fragments.
BUG VAUDEVILLE (c1921, 13 min).
THE PET (c1921, 13 min).
THE FLYING HOUSE (c1921, 16 min); a collaboration between McCay and his son Robert.
THE FLYING HOUSE (c1921, 2 min); fragment. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 100 min.
- Year of production
- 1911-21
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)
- Subjects
- Drama; Media studies
- Keywords
- animation films; early cinema; McCay, Winsor; music hall
Credits
- Producer
- Albert M Miller
- Writer
- Winsor McCay
Sections
- Title
- Bug Vaudeville
- Title
- Centaurs, The
- Title
- Flip’s circus
- Title
- Flying house, The
- Title
- Gertie on tour
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- Gertie the dinosaur
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- How a mosquito operates
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- Little Nemo
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- Pet, The
- Title
- Sinking of the ‘Lusitania’, The
Production Company
- Name
Lumivision
- Name
USA
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
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