Gertie the dinosaur is a short film that contains both live action and animation which begins at the museum of natural history in new york with mccay proclaiming that he can make the dinosaurs live again by a series of hand drawn cartoons. The film follows a same story idea similar to that of little nemo. 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. Winsor mccay 1911 mccay had already made a cartoon version of his famous little nemo in 1911, releasing it to both movie theaters and then using it in his vaudeville act. Winsor mccays first film was made in 1906 and called dreams of a rarebit fiend. In its own time, gertie the dinosaur overshadowed all prior animated films, and it inspired a generation of animators who would begin their careers over the next decade.
Gertie the dinosaur is a animated short film made in 1914 by winsor mccay. Audiences today still marvel at the fluidity of the movement and the amount of animated detail gerties sides expanding and contracting as she breathes, particles of dirt. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Gertie the dinosaur article about gertie the dinosaur by. It is the earliest animated film to feature a dinosaur. Winsor mccay 1914 gertie the dinosaur gerite carries mcccay in her mouth. In late 1914 william fox offered to market gertie the dinosaur to movingpicture theaters. Released as onereel film in 1914, though the character was created and seen in a short cartoon in mccays vaudeville act circa 1909. U svom originalnom obliku je bio potpuno animirani film u trajanju od 5 minuta koje je mckay koristio kao dio svoje vodviljske tocke.
Probably mccays most popular film is gertie the dinosaur 1914. Watch and create more animated gifs like gertie the dinosaur at. The film was composed of more than 10,000 drawings. There were animated features before gertie, but gertie was the considered to be the first animated character to have a personality a development beyond the simple tricks on film that made up most early animation. Released as onereel film in 1914, though the character was created and seen in a short cartoon in mccays. Mccay first used the film before live audiences as an interactive part of his vaudeville act. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Mccay bets a dinner he can make a dinosaur live again by a series of handdrawn cartoons. Mccay bets a dinner he can make a dinosaur live again by a. Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 short animated film by winsor mccay that inspired many generations of animators to bring their cartoons to life. Instead of dining with friends when he accepts a bet that he cant make his characters come to life, hes visiting the natural history museum when he wagers.
Mccay, brandishing a whip, would appear onstage to the right of a movie screen. Mccay had already made a cartoon version of his famous little. Gertie the dinosaur winsor mccay cartooning pioneer. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. In february of 1914, gertie the dinosaur debuted in chicago as part of mccays vaudeville act. Jun 25, 2012 it was gertie the trained dinosaur who was developed by winsor mccay. Gertie the dinosaur was originally a travelling vaudeville performance created by the famous political cartoonist, winsor mccay, in 1914. There were rockin clubs and cafes with cool jukeboxes, teen poolside parties with local bands, sometimes it was a seedy bar with a sleazy torch singer, a beatnik coffeehouse, maybe dancing somewhere in outer space. The year 1914 marked the vaudeville debut of mccays groundbreaking gertie the dinosaur. Fitzsimmons who traced the backgrounds to create 10,000 drawings, which they. Mccay made a few more animated films, including a 1918 documentary on the sinking of the lusitania.
Fall in love with the worlds first animated dinosaur atlas. Gertie the dinosaur 1914 1st keyframe animation cartoon. Mccays subsequent animated shorts, how a mosquito operates, released in 1912, and gertie the dinosaur, released in 1914, brought the. On february 8, 1914, the world was first introduced to gertie the dinosaur, a lovable if mildly mischievous brontosaurus created by cartoonist winsor mccay. Gertie the dinosaur is een amerikaanse korte animatiefilm uit 1914, van winsor mccay. May 30, 2017 at 103 years old, gertie the dinosaur is a real relic, yet it remains highly watchable and wellknown to this day. Winsor mccays employer, william randolph hearst, was displeased with mccays success outside of the newspapers, and used his contractual power to reduce mccays stage activities. Mccays employer, william randolph hearst, was displeased with mccays success outside of the newspapers, and used his contractual power to. Gertie was the first featured character created specifically for the new medium. Schaue dir alle videos jetzt an gertie the dinosaur. Gertie the dinosaur winsor mccay cartooning pioneer 1914. The short cartoon i want to tell you about tonight was called gertie, and it was made in 1911.
This movie required winsor mccay and his assistant john a. Mar 03, 2015 little nemo 1911 aka winsor mccay, the famous cartoonist of the n. Gertie the dinosaur, one of the earliest animations, turns. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. By the early 1920s, he had turned his attention elsewhere. 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. And thats where gertie the dinosaur lumbers into the picture in 1914.
Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 american animated short film by. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, spy, superhero, jd, thriller and noir films, thats what we like, and a recurring theme in a lot of those kinds of movies has always been music. Gertie the dinosaur is a 1914 animated short film by american cartoonist and animator winsor mccay. The cartoonist, winsor mccay, brings the dinosaurus back to life in the figure of his latest creation, gertie the dinosaur. Mar 05, 20 among mccays most noted films are little nemo 1911, gertie the dinosaur 1914 and the sinking of the lusitania 1918. In november of that year, gertie the dinosaur was released to theaters, and the whole country had the opportunity to be amazed at mccays inventiveness and craftsmanship. Gertie is a dinosaur based on the brontosaurus nowadays known as apatosaurus skeleton in the american museum of natural history. Sometimes called the worlds oldest cartoon erroneously, it is still the first to be created using keyframe.
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. International dictionary of films and filmmakers dictionary. This is the giants shoulders that disney and todays animators stand upon. Mccays employer william randolph hearst curtailed mccays vaudeville. Gertie the dinosaur, winsor mccays gertie, winsor mccay americas greatest cartoonist and gertie.
The setup to the cartoon, is that there is a bet on whether or not mccay can make a dinosaur come to life. Winsor would stand on stage in front of a screen as a huge, gertie was projected behind him and the duo performed a trained animal circus act together. Other articles where gertie the dinosaur is discussed. Jun 30, 2017 mccay gave gertie a series of commands, which she then performed inscreen.
Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first. Little nemo 1911 aka winsor mccay, the famous cartoonist of the n. Jun 21, 2010 gertie the dinosaur was winsor mccays third animation film, and it certainly is his most famous one, still capable of entertaining new audiences. You might think that a twelve minute, silent, blackandwhite cartoon, featuring a dinosaur doing tricks for her master through instructions on intertitles, would be boring, but thanks to the magic of mccays character animation. Mccay accepted, and extended the film to include a liveaction prologue and intertitles to replace his stage patter. Gertie the dinosaur, professor balthazar retooned post. Gertie the dinosaur 1914 by popegrutch after the sophistication of how a mosquito operates, i was a bit disappointed that winsor mccay s next animation film started off with another liveaction wraparound story, which is essentially the same as that for little nemo. Gertie grew so popular that, later in 1914, mccay made it into a motion picture, shown above. In 1991, gertie the dinosaur was one of 25 films added by the library of congress national film preservation board to the national film registry. Gertie the dinosaurby elizabeth rufai and kianaeshehoji. The production of animated short films, typically referred to as cartoons, became an industry of its own during the 1910s, and cartoon shorts were produced to be shown in movie theatres. Winsor mccay, cartoonist and director of this 1reel 20minute 1914 film, piles out of a car with cartoonist george mcmanus and humorist roy mccardell in front of a natural history museum, where a 70x20 dinosaurus skeleton is on display.
Watch gertie the dinosaur full movie in hd visit although not the first featurelength animated film, as is sometime. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing gertie the dinosaur near you. In it, mccay himself orders a trained dinosaur albeit one with a childlike sense of humor to perform tricks for the audience. Gertie gertie the dinosaur, winsor mccays gertie 1914. Fall in love with the worlds first animated dinosaur.
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. Gertie deutsch ubersetzung englisch beispiele reverso context. Most cartoon characters of the early 20th century had their origins in newspaper comic strips. Eitetsu hayashi fertility of the sea taiko duration. Mccays employer, william randolph hearst, was displeased with mccays success outside of the newspapers, and used his contractual power to reduce mccays stage activities.
Dinosaurka gertie je americki kratki crnobijeli nijemi igranoanimirani film snimljen 1914. In some ways, gertie the dinosaur can be seen as little more than a remake of winsor mccays 1911 short winsor mccay, the famous cartoonist of the n. The film was also the first to be created using keyframe. Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. Gertie the dinosaur is a cartoon character created by winsor mccay. So grateful these beautiful films are restored and available. And the beautiful, breathtaking sinking of the lusitania is worth two times the price of the dvd.