Gertie the Dinosaur vaudeville act recreation

Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 American animated short film by Winsor McCay. Although not the first animated film, as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality...

...Gertie the Dinosaur was originally created to be used in McCay's vaudeville performances...The performance consisted of McCay interacting with Gertie...

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