Gertie the Dinosaur


It was fun to see the early combination of live action and animation. I like the way Gertie has personality, but the way she keeps repeating the same sway back and forth before completing "commands" is irritating from a dog trainer/children's ministry worker. I do understand it was probably easier however to have the same movement repeated than figure out new moves to fill the time.

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