Bonzo No. 5
- 1925
The Elstree Erbs
Cartoon, featuring the Elstree Erbs - Teddie, Piggie and Poll, and Wanda, a wronged worm. Teddie goes fishing with a worm. The fish shoots the worm and uses it to play music. Piggie has his eyes on the polony in Poll's Polony Palace, but Poll shows off his strength with a punch ball. Teddie goes in training with a cow's udder and then enters Poll's shop. Teddie and Piggie march off with the beaten Poll and the polony, which they then eat.
Note - archive copy has placeholder titles at start of reel
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Creatures Great and Small
Fur, feathers, bugs or beaks: from the start animators have cast the whole natural world in their human comedies and dramas
Would you know Mickey was a mouse if you didn’t know his surname? Many of the most famous animated characters are drawn from the animal kingdom, but they rarely behave quite as nature intended. Anthropomorphism has a long history in storytelling - going back to Aesop and beyond - and animation has imported it into film. But whether it's Bonzo the Dog or Charley the Cat, these characters are really studies in human nature.
23 videos in this collection
1
Bonzo No. 5
2
Feline Fun
3
The Clown and His Donkey
4
Falling in the Water
5
Goodwill to All Dogs
6
Superted
7
The Fabulumperous Car
8
The Six-armed Image
9
The Elstree Erbs
10
Tale of a Tendril
11
Bonzo [No. 1]
12
Bonzolino or - Bonzo Broadcasted
13
Willie Comes to Life
14
Running a Cinema
15
A Cat Is a Cat
16
Teapot
17
Topical Bonzette
18
Steve's Cannon Crackers
19
Bee Boy
20
Apodemy
21
Moxie
22
The Obvious Child
23