Film, Video Policy and pie Policy & pie / Variant title on Library of Congress website, American Memory, Origins of American animation collection: Katzenjammer Kids: "Policy and pie" / Variant title in Library of Congress video collection, vol. 3. Origins of American animation: Original Katzenjammer Kids in policy and pie
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Title
- Policy and pie
Other Title
- Policy & pie
- Variant title on Library of Congress website, American Memory, Origins of American animation collection: Katzenjammer Kids: "Policy and pie"
- Variant title in Library of Congress video collection, vol. 3. Origins of American animation: Original Katzenjammer Kids in policy and pie
Summary
- The Captain gets a life insurance policy and gives it to his wife. In gratitude she makes him a pie. The Katzenjammer Kids play a trick on the Captain and sneak toads into his pie so that he would think his wife is trying to poison him.
Names
- La Cava, Gregory, 1892-1952, direction
- International Film Service
- AFI/Souder (Thomas) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : [International Film Service, 1918].
Headings
- - Boys--United States--Drama
- - Tricks--Drama
- - Germans--United States--Drama
- - Immigrants--United States--Drama
- - Wives--United States--Drama
- - Husbands--United States--Drama
- - Life insurance--United States--Policies--Drama
Genre
- Comedy films
- Animated films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - Title appears in some sources as Policy & pie.
- - Copyright: no reg.
- - Duration: 3:31 (part 1) and 3:29 (part 2) at 22 fps.
- - Summary from J. McIntire, Silent animated films at the Library of Congress.
- - Based on Rudolph Dirks' comics.
- - 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.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Medium
- 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 7 min., ca. 605 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
- 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 7 min., ca. 605 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FEB 7728 (viewing print)
- FPE 2709 (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
- 00694023
Online Format
- image
- video