Mary & Gretel / motion picture  - movie film screenshot

Mary & Gretel / motion picture - movie film screenshot

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Summary

"Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden in this surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title"--Origins of American animation 1900-1921 notes.
"Mary & Gretel explore the forest and come across Rip Van Winkle, drunken woodsmen, and a bunny. They pluck magic flowers and a fairy appears and sends them home"--Silent animated films at the Library of Congress.
Approximate release date from nitrate edge code.
Duration: 4:02 (part 1) and 2:51 (part 2) at 20 fps.
Adapted from a series of books entitled Motoys in life, published by Toyland Publishing Co., New York.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995.

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Date

01/01/1917
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Contributors

Moss, Howard S., animation.
Toyland Films.
Peter Pan Film Corp.
AFI/Ashton (James) Collection (Library of Congress)
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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