Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated short by animator, and cartoonist, Winsor McCay. Gertie the Dinosaur is the earliest animated cartoon to feature a Dinosaur, and was originally created as part of Winsor McCay's Vaudeville act. Gertie is the first film to use animation techniques such as keyframes, registration marks, tracing paper, the Mutoscope action viewer, and animation loops; methods that would influence the following generation of animators. Gertie is the best preserved of McCay's films.
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- Gertie - a friendly, and child like brontosaurus who obeys McCay's commands, though she's at times reluctant to do so.
- Winsor McCay - Animator who has via the power of art brought various pre-historic creatures to life. He commands Gertie.
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Vaudeville Version -
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2003 Color release