Mary and Gretel Part 1 1916

In this early stop-motion silent film a fairy grants two dolls, Mary and Gretel life but tells them not to pick the flowers in the forest. Meanwhile some gnomes take a keg back to their cave followed by a white rabbit. Mary and Gretel come upon Rip Van Winkle and tickle his nose with a branch he wakes up but then goes back to sleep. They follow a squirrel to the mouth of the gnomes cave. Inside the gnomes start playing bowling and drinking ale from the keg. The rabbit now in the cave too starts sneaking drinks from the keg when the gnomes aren’t looking. This film was released in 1916.

Genre: Short Films Silent
Year: 1916
Color/BW: Black & White
Director: Howard S. Moss
Movie Type: Public Domain Films
Decade: 1910s
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