Best Animation Movies of 1917
Bobby Bumps Starts for School
Mischievous schoolboy Bobby disobeys his teacher and swings on a dangerous giant school bell.
The Portrait of Captain Grogg
An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait

A Trip to the Moon
Based on the Happy Hooligan comic strip, by Frederick Burr Opper. Happy speaks with someone in the park and takes a trip to the moon on a rocket that looks like the front half of a current racing car, where he is made king of the moon. A ballerina does a shimmy and Our Hero winds up back in the park being accosted by a cop. The inference is that he has fallen asleep and dreamed the entire trip.
Kapten Grogg vid Nordpolen
Kapten Grogg and his helper encounter a polar bear while on a trip to the North Pole. It chases them, they feed it alcohol so that it gets drunk, then they all dance.

R.F.D. 10,000 B.C.
Set in prehistoric times, this short film was created for the Edison Company by Willis H. O'Brien, a pioneer of American stop-motion animation.

Dolly Doings
A Dolly short.

Colonel Heeza Liar on the Jump
Colonel Heeza Liar is a character a bit like Baron Munchausen. Many wild things occur to him in the cartoons and they are meant to be silly entertainment. Here, he gets into a fight with a kangaroo. On the verge of death, he's saved by a quack doctor--who gives him a transfusion of donkey blood! And, as a result, there is a funny lingering after-effect.

Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup
Farmer Al Falfa's pipe is stolen, smoked and buried by his frisky dog Fido. Some frantic chases ensue, with the farmer after Fido and Fido after various ducks and hens. The pooch's climactic battle with a fierce rooster leads to "fowl play."
Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider
The world's first animated surf movie

Bobby Bumps at Fido's Birthday Party
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.

Bobby Bumps: Tanks
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief after crafting a homemade tank.

Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.

Bobby Bumps, Chef
A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.
Peter's Picture Poems
A star-spangled sock on the nose for Kaiser Wilhelm, as this wordplay propaganda cartoon meets war crimes with pun-ishment
Bobby Bumps, Office Boy
Bobby works at his father's office; there is some question of payment, however.
Der Captain Discovers the North Pole
Animated short set at the north pole.
Der Captain Is Examined for Insurance
Animated short about a medical check up.

The Love Affair of Ima Knut
Romantic fantasies of a man who wants his girlfriend to be thinner.
Sharks Is Sharks
The Captain tries fishing without luck.
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