Winsor McCay, the famous cartoonist of the New York Herald and his moving comics

Duration: 5

Year Published: 1911

Creator: directors, Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton ; written by Winsor McCay.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: McCay, Winsor, direction, writing, animation, cast.; Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, direction.; Bunny, John, 1863-1915, cast.; McManus, George, 1884-1954, cast.; Vitagraph Company of America.

Description: Also known as Little Nemo.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Animator, Winsor McCay.; Reference: Donald Crafton, Before Mickey (Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1982); Winsor McCay, John Bunny, George McManus.; Winsor McCay's first film begins with a live prologue showing the successful comic-strip artist with several friends at a club. He agrees to turn out 4,000 pen drawings that will move. Drums of India ink and bales of paper are then delivered to McCay's studio, where he is hard at work drawing a series of lightning sketches. One of the figures has the caption 'Watch Me Move', and he and McCay's other characters including Little Nemo gradually awaken and begin exploring their new-found kinetic abilities.; PFA 1604-01-14633. D0003; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1604-01-14633. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2011/12 /20 Dupey print.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE