Albert E. Smith claimed in his 1952 book Two reels and a crank: "I used my little daughter's set of wooden circus performers and animals, whose movable joints enabled us to place them in balanced positions. It was a tedious process inasmuch as the movement could be achieved only by photographing separately each change of position. I suggested we obtain a patent on the process; Blackton felt it wasn't important enough. However, others quickly borrowed the technique, improving on it greatly."
The Moving Picture World. Vol. 3. No. 18 reviewed the 885 feet short in October 1908: "It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and marching through the streets to the "Humpty Dumpty Circus." We see them crowd into the tent and at the end of each act they vociferously applaud the performers These are the little wooden toys that are familiar to all, and which are made to perform all the usual acrobatic stunts of the circus performer in a remarkably realistic manner. Some of the scenes are really comical and it is hard to believe that the elephants and donkeys are not alive." Followed by an explanation of how the photographer worked for several months on the negative. Cinematographer F. Dobson was said to be "an adept at this kind of work".[2]
The used toy set was most likely the popular Humpty Dumpty Circus produced by Schoenhut Piano Company from 1903[3] to 1935 (in various styles).[4] Images that have been thought to be stills from the film may well be pictures of the popular toy set.
The short has been thought to have been the first film to use the stop-motion technique, based on an estimated release date of 1897 or 1898.[5][6] This early release date, the use of stop-motion animation and even the existence of the film have been doubted as no proper documentation is known.[7][8]
Another lost film that probably featured animated dolls entitled The Humpty Dumpty Circus was released in October 1914.[9] It was made by stop motion pioneer Arthur Melbourne-Cooper.[10]
^Vries, Tjitte de; Mul, Ati (2009). "They Thought it was a Marvel": Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961) : Pioneer of Puppet Animation. ISBN9789085550167.
humpty, dumpty, circus, lost, short, stop, motion, film, directed, stuart, blackton, albert, smith, anglo, american, founders, vitagraph, studios, there, known, surviving, copies, humpty, dumpty, circusdirected, stuart, blacktonproduced, byalbert, smithcinemat. The Humpty Dumpty Circus is a lost short stop motion film directed by J Stuart Blackton and Albert E Smith the Anglo American founders of Vitagraph Studios There are no known surviving copies Humpty Dumpty CircusDirected byJ Stuart BlacktonProduced byAlbert E SmithCinematographyF A DobsonDistributed byKalem CompanyRelease date1908 1908 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilentAlbert E Smith claimed in his 1952 book Two reels and a crank I used my little daughter s set of wooden circus performers and animals whose movable joints enabled us to place them in balanced positions It was a tedious process inasmuch as the movement could be achieved only by photographing separately each change of position I suggested we obtain a patent on the process Blackton felt it wasn t important enough However others quickly borrowed the technique improving on it greatly The Moving Picture World Vol 3 No 18 reviewed the 885 feet short in October 1908 It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and marching through the streets to the Humpty Dumpty Circus We see them crowd into the tent and at the end of each act they vociferously applaud the performers These are the little wooden toys that are familiar to all and which are made to perform all the usual acrobatic stunts of the circus performer in a remarkably realistic manner Some of the scenes are really comical and it is hard to believe that the elephants and donkeys are not alive Followed by an explanation of how the photographer worked for several months on the negative Cinematographer F Dobson was said to be an adept at this kind of work 2 The used toy set was most likely the popular Humpty Dumpty Circus produced by Schoenhut Piano Company from 1903 3 to 1935 in various styles 4 Images that have been thought to be stills from the film may well be pictures of the popular toy set The short has been thought to have been the first film to use the stop motion technique based on an estimated release date of 1897 or 1898 5 6 This early release date the use of stop motion animation and even the existence of the film have been doubted as no proper documentation is known 7 8 Another lost film that probably featured animated dolls entitled The Humpty Dumpty Circus was released in October 1914 9 It was made by stop motion pioneer Arthur Melbourne Cooper 10 References Edit The Moving picture world v 3 1908 July Dec HathiTrust p 350 Retrieved 2021 03 31 The Moving picture world v 3 1908 July Dec HathiTrust p 339 Retrieved 2021 03 31 Office United States Patent 1904 Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office The Office Schoenhut Collectors Club Ken A Priebe The Art of Stop Motion Animation Boston Massachusetts Thomson Course Technology PTR 2007 ISBN 9781598632453 p 9 Nichola Dobson The A to Z of Animation and Cartoons Lanham Maryland Scarecrow 2009 ISBN 9780810876231 p xxiv Crafton Donald 2014 07 14 Emile Cohl Caricature and Film ISBN 9781400860715 Giesen Rolf 2018 09 27 Puppetry Puppet Animation and the Digital Age ISBN 9781351209298 The Humpty Dumpty Circus at IMDb Vries Tjitte de Mul Ati 2009 They Thought it was a Marvel Arthur Melbourne Cooper 1874 1961 Pioneer of Puppet Animation ISBN 9789085550167 External links EditThe Humpty Dumpty Circus at IMDb Information on bcdb com 2015 Homage of the film on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Humpty Dumpty Circus amp oldid 1105550532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
