1933's TikTok before TikTok existed — drawings that gossip about dead people.
An animator is in the process of creating a series of three drawings of prominent historical figures. As the animator goes about his drawings, a narrator tells some stories about the historical figure in question. The drawings come to life as the narrator tells some anecdotes about the historical figure. As each drawing nears its completion and as the story about that figure nears its end, it becomes more and more apparent who the historical figure in question is.
Direction
Whoever made this ghost-directed from anonymity.
Writing
Lowell Thomas narrates like your coolest grandpa.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Educational Pictures short represents 1930s 'screeno' culture — newsreels' weird cousin that taught history through novelty.
Lowell Thomas was THE voice of newsreels, essentially the 1930s equivalent of having Morgan Freeman explain your doodles.
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