Mr. Nobody Holme--he buys a jitney

SUMMARY
An animated cartoon about Mr. Nobody Holme, who warms up his sluggish automobile with the assistance of a stick of dynamite.

These short satires of contemporary life are based on Tom Powerss newspaper comics. The comic-strip structure is barely altered in the two "Phables," from a seven-film series of 1915-16 animated by the Canadian cartoonist Raoul Barré before he moved on to direct adaptations of the Mutt and Jeff strip. Providing odd marginal commentary in each film are the stick-figures "Joys and Gloom."

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [International Film Service, 1916].

NOTES
Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 1Feb16; MP517.

Story, Tom E. Powers.

Based on Tom Powers' newspaper comics.

Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.

SUBJECTS
Men--United States--Drama.
Dynamite--Drama.
Automobiles--Performance--United States--Drama.
Automobiles--United States--Maintenance and repair--Drama.
Automobile ownership--United States--Drama.
Automobile drivers--United States--Drama.
Comedy--Animation--Short.

DIGITAL ID
animp 4076 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/animp.4076

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• library
• congress
• animation
• automobiles
• cars
• dynamite
• comedy
• short