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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Mary & Gretl, a 1917 stop motion video by animator Howard S. Moss

By Jack Brummet, Archives Ed.

In the film Mary & Gretl, a fairy brings two dolls to life. This is from a series of stop-motion puppet movies by the animator Howard S. Moss.

The book, "Origin of American Animation 1900-1921" describes the film: “Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden…[a] surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls..."

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