Mary and Gretel (1917)
A fairy brings two dolls to life, part of a short lived stop-motion puppet series by animator Howard S. Moss, adapted from a series of books entitled Motoys in Life published by Toyland Publishing Company. Origin of American animation 1900-1921 describes the film as "Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden... [a] surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title."
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Apr 9, 2014
