Cracked Ice (Original title)
Date: 1924 (Release)Country: USA
Synopsis: ANIMATION. Puppet. Two dolls are skating gracefully on a pond, watched with envy by a cheap doll named Mugsy, whose own efforts appear clumsy by contrast. He thrusts one of them down a hole in the ice; the expensive dolll returns to the surface and Mugsy is forced to dive in the hole to escape his vengeance. However, he cunningly bores a hole in the ground at the bottom of the lake so that all the water is drained away and his late antagonists comecrashing through the ice to join him at the bottom of the pond.
Genre: Animation
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 438 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-35586
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 438 FeetStock date: 1924BFI identifier: C-35585
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1924 (Release)Country: USA
Synopsis: ANIMATION. Puppet. Two dolls are skating gracefully on a pond, watched with envy by a cheap doll named Mugsy, whose own efforts appear clumsy by contrast. He thrusts one of them down a hole in the ice; the expensive dolll returns to the surface and Mugsy is forced to dive in the hole to escape his vengeance. However, he cunningly bores a hole in the ground at the bottom of the lake so that all the water is drained away and his late antagonists comecrashing through the ice to join him at the bottom of the pond.
Genre: Animation
Credits
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Production Company: Red Seal Pictures Corporation, Producer: Edwin Miles FadmanFilm, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 438 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-35586
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Tinted PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SilentLength: 438 FeetStock date: 1924BFI identifier: C-35585
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film