Steff Character Dolls in 1917 Stop-Motion Video

Mary & Gretel Peter Pan Film Corp., [1917]

     Stop Motion video from 1917 using Steiff character dolls and toys – the animated final credit at the end of the movie features a German Googly doll.

    Movie Notes:  From Origin of American animation 1900-1921 notes: Alice in Wonderland meets the Garden of Eden in this surreal fable of a drunk rabbit, bowling dwarfs, and the two bewildered girls of the title.From J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress: Mary & Gretel explore the forest and come across Rip Van Winkle, drunken woodsmen, and a bunny. They pluck magic flowers and a fairy appears and sends them home.Contributor NamesMoss, Howard S., animation.Toyland Films.Peter Pan Film Corp.AFI/Ashton (James) Collection (Library of Congress)Created / PublishedUnited States : Peter Pan Film Corp., [1917].Subject Headings
  1. –  Imaginary places–Drama
  2. –  Dolls–Drama
  3. –  Toys–Drama
  4. –  Dwarfs–Drama
  5. –  Van Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character)–Drama