The dinosaur and the missing link, a prehistoric tragedy /
Uses clay animation to tell a story of prehistoric times. Three suitors, named the Duke, Stonejaw Steve, and Theophilus Ivoryhead, compete for the hand of Miss Araminta Rockface. Ivoryhead, an unassuming weakli... More
The phable of a busted romance /
An animated cartoon about a workman who recovers and returns Miss Gotrox's lost purse containing 10,000 dollars, and receives a Canadian dime as a reward. MP507 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Fi... More
Krazy Kat goes a-wooing / - movie film screenshot
Krazy Kat's serenade outside the window of Ignatz Mouse meets with a barrage of bricks. MP557 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 29Feb16; MP557. Story, George Herriman. Duration:... More
![[The centaurs--excerpts] / motion picture](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTIxLzAxLzAxL3RoZS1jZW50YXVycy1leGNlcnB0cy0yMDAuZ2lm/40/40/webp "[The centaurs--excerpts] / motion picture")
[The centaurs--excerpts] / motion picture
A half human-half horse boy and girl meet and fall in love. They have a baby and go home to their parents for a happy reunion. Copyright: no reg. Additional animators, John McCay, John Fitzsimmons. Main and end... More
Humorous phases of funny faces /
J. Stuart Blackton "draws" a series of funny faces, including a line drawing of two faces, a man with an umbrella, a line drawing of two faces in profile, and a clown. H75272 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: Th... More
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the circus /
An animated cartoon about the adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the circus, where they demonstrate their courage to each other by attempting to scare a woman. MP574 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: In... More
Never again! The story of a speeder cop /
An animated cartoon about an ineffectual policeman (Officer Heeler) who quits the force after a losing battle against speeders. MP519 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 4Feb16; M... More
W.S.S. Thriftettes / motion picture
A promotion for war savings stamps, reputed here to help confine Germany's Kaiser to a circus cage. Copyright: no reg. Duration: 0:33 at 18 fps. Summary from Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes. On ree... More
![Keeping up with the Joneses. [Men's styles] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTE1LzAxLzAxL2tlZXBpbmctdXAtd2l0aC10aGUtam9uZXNlcy1tZW5zLXN0eWxlcy0yMDAuZ2lm/40/40/webp "Keeping up with the Joneses. [Men's styles] /")
Keeping up with the Joneses. [Men's styles] /
A domestic comedy about the McGinis family--husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, and housemaid Belladonna. The simple story lines often parody society's concern with material goods as an indicator of... More
The phable of the phat woman / - movie film screenshot
An animated cartoon about a fat lady who attempts unsuccessfully to lose weight. MP506 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 18Jan16; MP506. Story, Tom E. Powers. Duration: 2:08 at ... More
![[Gertie on tour--excerpts] / - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xOTIxLzAxLzAxL2dlcnRpZS1vbi10b3VyLWV4Y2VycHRzLTIwMC5naWY%3D/40/40/webp "[Gertie on tour--excerpts] / - Drawing. Public domain image.")
[Gertie on tour--excerpts] / - Drawing. Public domain image.
Gertie is a dinosaur who lives in present times. She encounters a train and dreams of being the life of the party in her time. Copyright: no reg. Additional animators, John McCay, John Fitzsimmons. Main and end... More
Fun in a bakery shop / - movie film screenshot
The set is of the interior of a bakery. A man in a baker's hat and costume enters and begins kneading some dough on a table by the oven. He notices a make-believe rat crawling up the side of a nearby barrel and... More
Mary & Gretel / motion picture - movie film screenshot
"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 e... More
The enchanted drawing / - vaudeville film
"Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly dr... More
Policy and pie / motion picture
The Captain gets a life insurance policy and gives it to his wife. In gratitude she makes him a pie. The Katzenjammer Kids play a trick on the Captain and sneak toads into his pie so that he would think his wif... More
AWOL, all wrong old Laddiebuck /
From J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress: Concerns American soldiers in Europe after the armstice [sic]. One goes AWOL with "Joy" (Miss AWOL) and after a series of mishaps with her, he... More
Bobby Bumps starts a lodge / - movie film screenshot
Bobby Bumps plays a trick on his friend who wants to be initiated into his lodge. When his friend outsmarts him and saves his life, they both agree to be initiated into the lodge together. MP723 U.S. Copyright ... More
Mr. Nobody Holme--he buys a jitney /
An animated cartoon about Mr. Nobody Holme, who warms up his sluggish automobile with the assistance of a stick of dynamite. MP517 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 1Feb16; MP51... More
Dud leaves home / motion picture
Dud wants to buy his girlfriend Maime an ice cream cone so he breaks open his mother's bank, and splits their last dime in half in the process. His mother punishes him so he runs away. Dud is scared by imaginar... More
The first circus / motion picture
During the stone-age the Stonehenge Circus entertained cavemen and women. The circus had a dinosaur that doubled as a trampoline and tightrope for the acrobats. Copyright: no reg. Main and end titles lacking. D... More
Dreamy Dud--he resolves not to smoke /
Dreamy Dud steals a man's pipe because he is fascinated with smoking and blowing smoke rings. He smokes the pipe and the smoke turns into a ghost and carries him up to the moon and leaves him. Dud falls off the... More