Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay, 1914)

Century of Animated Shorts I

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  Film & Animation

[Josh Sharkey]

Fact: They used about 10,000 papers for this.

[AsteRiskTaker]

People had different "storytelling priorities" back then. Nickelodeons were popular in the early 20th century, and those films were always short, and featured spectacularly unremarkable subject matter, like a guy sneezing. Gertie lifting her paws and nodding her head was still plenty to dazzle the folks of that era. With all due respect, 1914 doesn't give a crap that you preferred "Jurassic Park" (a film that came out 80 years later), because Gertie was theirs, and at the time, she was enough.

[SaturnCat2001]

Well, the actual first EVER is Humorous phases of funny faces, 1906

[SaturnCat2001]

Not exactly. Fantasmagorie (1908) is the first.

[YoungWolve1]

I was kind of hoping she would throw the guy at the end in the water. But seriously, awesome cartoon!

[wizard101transcended]

the first cartoon ever

[Gravelforknees]

the mammoth moment had me laughing for so many reasons :)

[Julie Weldon]

I love Dinosaur cartoons from Gertie (1914) to We're Back! (1993)

[Thorléif Hákonarson]

Is funny.

[synsam12345]

I think "Little Nemo" from 1910 is a lot better. Both how it's drawn and how everything moves. It's also in colours :D

/watch?v=seOGEwx0NfQ

[TheArtsCountess]

Actually I think her movements are very fluid compared to other cartoons at the time.

[ShelbyMcMusic]

I concurr