Dreamy Dud, He Resolves Not to Smoke
About Dreamy Dud, He Resolves Not to Smoke
Dreamy Dud and his dog Wag watch an old man fall asleep over a pipe. Dud steals it, tells Wag he will outsmoke Pittsburgh, and blows rings that turn into the man's face, a woman, and the words "You're a bad boy." The smoke becomes a spirit, lifts Dud, and hangs him on a crescent moon while Wag cries a flood. Dud falls, wakes on his bedroom floor, and tells Wag he will never smoke again.
Cast & crew
More about Dreamy Dud, He Resolves Not to Smoke
Wallace A. Carlson wrote and animated the cartoon. Essanay copyrighted it on June 22, 1915, as MP356. The General Film Company distributed it. Silent Era lists it as paper animation.
Themes
Technique
Carlson animated on paper, moving the cut-out boy, the dog, and the smoke figures a frame at a time.
Preservation
Prints are at the Library of Congress: a 35mm positive (483 feet) and a 16mm reduction, from the AFI/Edell collection.
Notes
- The dog is named Wag.
- The Library of Congress holds a 35mm reference positive of 483 feet and a 16mm reduction, both from the AFI/Frederick and Nancy Edell collection.
- A variant title on the copyright is Dreamy Dud Resolves Not to Smoke.
- The picture is in the public domain in the United States.
Scenes
- Dud's smoke forms a spirit that hooks him on the crescent moon.
- He wakes on the bedroom floor and swears off the pipe.
Also available
- Library of Congress
Quotes
Here's where I make Pittsburgh look like a million dollars worth of sunshine!