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Gertie on Tour
(192?) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Winsor McCay

Cast: Gertie the dinosaur

[?] Rialto Productions? production. / Animation by Winsor McCay, John McCay and John Fitzsimmons. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Thought to have been produced between 1918 to 1921; Website-LoC notes the production year as 1921. The film was apparently never released.

Comedy: Cartoon.

Survival status: Prints exist in La Cinémathèque Québécoise film archive [incomplete 35mm positive]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Cinematheque Canadienne collection) [incomplete 35mm reference positive (136 feet) (FEA 5543)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation [cel] - Dinosaurs - Transportation: Street cars

Listing updated: 26 September 2012.

References: Film viewing : Website-LoC : Other-McCay.

Home video: DVD.