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Film, Video Bobby Bumps starts a lodge Copyright title: Paramount-Bray Cartoon, no. 39, Bobby Bumps starts a lodge

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Title

  • Bobby Bumps starts a lodge

Other Title

  • Copyright title: Paramount-Bray Cartoon, no. 39, Bobby Bumps starts a lodge

Summary

  • Bobby Bumps plays a trick on his friend who wants to be initiated into his lodge. When his friend outsmarts him and saves his life, they both agree to be initiated into the lodge together.

Names

  • Hurd, Earl, -1940, animator
  • Bray Studios
  • AFI/Atkinson (Dennis) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Paramount, [1916].

Headings

  • -  Boys--United States--Drama
  • -  Tricks--Drama
  • -  Friendship--Drama
  • -  Secret societies--United States--Drama
  • -  Initiations (into trades, societies, etc.)--Drama
  • -  Lifesaving--Drama

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Animated films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  MP723 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Bray Studios, Inc.; 21Sep16; MP723.
  • -  Duration: 5:15 at 24 fps.
  • -  Summary from J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. See reference librarian.
  • -  Inspired by R.F. Outcault's comic strip Buster Brown.
  • -  Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; M/B/RS shelflist.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 5 min., ca. 615 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 5 min., ca. 615 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEB 4161 (viewing print)
  • FPD 9989 (dupe neg pic)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694011

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Hurd, Earl, -1940, Animator, Bray Studios, and Afi/Atkinson. Bobby Bumps starts a lodge. [United States: Paramount, 1916] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694011/.

APA citation style:

Hurd, E., Bray Studios & Afi/Atkinson. (1916) Bobby Bumps starts a lodge. [United States: Paramount] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694011/.

MLA citation style:

Hurd, Earl, -1940, Animator, Bray Studios, and Afi/Atkinson. Bobby Bumps starts a lodge. [United States: Paramount, 1916] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694011/>.