Saturday 8 February 2014

Released 100 Years Ago Today – 8 February 1914

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)


Stars: Winsor McCay, George McManus, Roy L. McCardell
Directed: Windsor McCay
Writer: Winsor McCay
Genre: Animation/Short/Comedy
McCay, Vitagraph Company of America
Running Time: 12 min

Plot

Winsor Z. McCay bets another cartoonist that he can animate a dinosaur. So he draws a big friendly herbivore called Gertie. Then he get into his own picture. Gertie walks through the picture, eats a tree, meets her creator, and takes him carefully on her back for a ride.

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