Gertie the dinosaur is the earliest animated cartoon to feature a dinosaur, and was originally created as part of winsor mccays vaudeville act. Released as onereel film in 1914, though the character was created and seen in a short cartoon in mccays vaudeville act circa 1909. Mccays employer william randolph hearst curtailed mccays vaudeville. Gertie the dinosaur 1914 gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 american animated short film by winsor mccay. Mccay bets another cartoonist that he can animate a dinosaur. Gertie the dinosaur winsor mccay, 1914 gertie the dinosaur winsor mccay, 1914 gertie the dinosaur winsor mccay, 1914 48. Film tersebut tampil di bioskopbioskop dalam sebuah edisi dengan sebuah prolog aksi hidup, yang didistribusikan oleh box office attractions company milik william fox dari 28 desember. The film follows a same story idea similar to that of little nemo. Gertie is the best preserved film of pioneering animator winsor mccay. Mccay said it took around 10,000 drawings, although the figure may be closer to 6,000 an art student, john a. Gertie the dinosaur mulamula muncul sebagai bagian dari drama vaudeville karya mccay pada awal 1914. Gertie the dinosaur 1914 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gertie the dinosaur was a short in which an animated dinosaur would appear on screen and follow the commands of her master.
In february of 1914, gertie the dinosaur debuted in chicago as part of mccays vaudeville act. Gertie the dinosaur wikipedia, a enciclopedia libre. Her whipwielding master has her do tricks such as raising her foot or bowing on command. That little victory dance when she tossed the elephant into the river was highly amusing as well. Bluevoid gertie was originally created for winsor mccays vaudeville act, and later this film was made, which took the cartoon and put in live action bookends to the cartoon. A groudbreaking 1914 theatrical short subject from the mind of little nemo creator winsor mccay, gertie the dinosaur is a landmark short in personality animation, influencing many artists and future animation pioneers, including otto messmer, paul terry and walt disney. Originally created in 1914, the same year as early black and white, silent film birth of a nation, and fourteen years before mickey mouses arrival, gertie the dinosaur is a film legend that needs to be rebirthed in the public consciousness. This section contains any movie which is completely in black and white from old classics to newer ones such as schindlers list. Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 american animated short film by winsor mccay.
He would first speak to the audience, explaining how animated films were made, photographed, and projected. February 10, 2014 100 years of animation and gertie is still every bit as outstanding and loveable as she was in 1914. So he draws a big friendly herbivore called gertie. International dictionary of films and filmmakers dictionary. It was not the first cinematic effort of comicstrip artist winsor mckay, whod previously produced little nemo and the story of the mosquito, and it was not made in 1909, though even by the standards of 1914, its actual release date, it was quite an astounding achievement. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe.
His 1914 film gertie the dinosaur was the first to feature keyframe animation, where mccay would draw the main scenes and have an assistant later referred to as inbetweeners fill out the motion and backgrounds. A recreation of the 1914 vaudeville presentation of winsor mccays gertie the dinosaur. Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. Play games, watch videos, and support our kickstarter campaign for a feature film with a fun tshirt, plush toy, art print or other collectible from our gertie the dinostore. Gertie the dinosaurus 1914 short film video dailymotion. Mccay would stand by the screen with a whip and have gertie perform fairly simple tasks such as raising her feet or bowing her head. The cartoonist, winsor mccay, brings the dinosaurus back to life in the figure of his latest creation, gertie the dinosaur. Fitzsimmons, had the task of retracing the background for each and every one. Mccays employer, william randolph hearst, was displeased with mccays success outside of the newspapers, and used his contractual power to. Gertieis the first film to use animation techniques such as.
Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 animated short by animator, and cartoonist, winsor mccay. Mccay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act. First off, let us establish what gertie the dinosaur was not. The novelty of the cartoon was that mccay would appear in a tuxedo and interact with the animated gertie with an. Official website of gertie the dinosaur the worlds first cartoon star. Released as onereel film in 1914, though the character was created and seen in a short cartoon in mccays. Gertie the dinosaur american animation 1914 soundtrack by heisse wuerstel. Divx3lm the switch to colour was a gradual process mostly taking place from the 1930s to the 1950s. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur.
Gertie the dinosaur animation and cartoons wiki fandom. Each piece of paper was only a little larger than a 5 x 7 photo. Gertie the dinosaur was winsor mccays third animation film, and it certainly is his most famous one, still capable of entertaining new audiences. In it, mccay himself orders a trained dinosaur albeit one with a childlike sense of humor to perform tricks for the audience. Throughout the act, prehistoric denizens such as a flying lizard continually. When she feels she has been pushed too far, she nips back at her master. When her master mccay calls her, the frisky, childlike gertie appears from a cave.
She cries when he scolds her, and he placates her with a pumpkin. Gertie, the worlds first animated dinosaur, made her screen debut at chicagos palace theater on 8 february 1914, one hundred years ago today. Gertie is quite the character, swallowing trees, bullying elephants and fearing sea serpents and whatnot. Mccay, brandishing a whip, would appear onstage to the right of a movie screen. Some images display only as thumbnails outside the library of congress because of rights considerations, but you have access to larger size images on site. In 1914, winsor mccay set out to create a character that had genuine personality. One of the earliest animated cartoons, the film was originally created for mccays vaudeville performances. Gertie the dinosaur is an animated, silent, blackandwhite short film, written, produced, directed and animated by cartoonist winsor mccay, and for its innovation, ingenuity and primacy, we forgive it for its many shortcomings. Gertie walks through the picture, eats a tree, meets her creator, and takes him carefully on her back for a ride. Probably mccays most popular film is gertie the dinosaur 1914. Gertie is a dinosaur based on the brontosaurus nowadays known as apatosaurus skeleton in the american museum of natural history.
If an image is displaying, you can download it yourself. Gertie debuted at chicagos palace theater on february 8, 1914. Gertie the dinosaur s is a film directed by winsor mccay with animation, winsor mccay, george mcmanus, roy l. The mother of all cartoon characters 1914 in animation, history july 1st.
Alternatively, you can purchase copies of various types through library of. Sweet, mischievous gertie, with her ready tears, excitable nature. Pioneer cartoonist winsor mccay created the animated dinosaur as part of his vaudeville act. Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by winsor mccay that inspired many generations of animators to bring their cartoons to life. Gertie the dinosaur was drawn with black ink on white rice paper like much of early animation. Mccays employer, william randolph hearst, was displeased with mccays success outside of the newspapers, and used his contractual power to reduce mccays stage activities. We digitized and uploaded this film from the av geeks 16mm archive.
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