"Dreamy Dud. He Resolves Not to Smoke." is a very early animated film. Because it is so early, I won't judge it quite as harshly. In other words, while the animation consists of simple line drawings with few backgrounds and no shading and no sound, for its time it's actually a very good animated film. You cannot judge this by the standards of the 1920s or later--it just wouldn't be fair. So, for 1915 it's quite impressive and rather cute.
Dud and his dog are the stars of the film. Dud spots Grandpa's pipe and decides to smoke it himself even though he's only a kid. In fact, he even has his dog smoke with him. However, a weird creature comes out of the pipe that calls itself the Spirit of Smoke--and it's NOT happy at Dud and decides to punish him by whisking him into outer space and depositing him on the moon! What's next for poor Dud?
The drawings are cute, the story quite clever and it made me laugh. That's plenty of reason to give it a try.
Dud and his dog are the stars of the film. Dud spots Grandpa's pipe and decides to smoke it himself even though he's only a kid. In fact, he even has his dog smoke with him. However, a weird creature comes out of the pipe that calls itself the Spirit of Smoke--and it's NOT happy at Dud and decides to punish him by whisking him into outer space and depositing him on the moon! What's next for poor Dud?
The drawings are cute, the story quite clever and it made me laugh. That's plenty of reason to give it a try.