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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Snowman Cometh, post: 10332749, member: 83302&quot;]If you ask most people &quot;What&#039;s the first full length animated feature film?&quot; the answer will be Disney&#039;s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As far as drawing goes, that&#039;s the correct answer. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, in Germany 1926 The Adventures of Prince Achmed was a full length silhouette feature created by LOTTE REINIGER. This woman did ALL the paper cutting herself. Her husband and one or two other people worked the camera. This film is incredible. I saw it a few years ago, and added Reiniger to the list of artists I wanted an autograph of. I&#039;ve only seen two, and they were expensive. Books on her are expensive. Rarer things sell. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 1926 when the movie was released, they created a 32 print portfolio of stills. You can find it for a few hundred in okay condition. For great condition it&#039;s closer to $700. In 1972 they reproduced the prints in book form (much smaller than the 1926 prints). It&#039;s expensive. </p><p><br /></p><p>A little over a week ago, a 1972 book with her autograph went up for sale. The starting bid was $10, or you could Buy It Now for $40. I immediately hit Buy It Now, then my STUPID cheapskate side kicked in and I thought &quot;why not bid $10 and hope no one else bids.&quot; I did. I immediately regretted it. For a week I had to hope that no one else searched her out. That didn&#039;t last long, as there were a few watchers on the piece by day two. My saving grace was, the seller (in Jersey) had the auction end at 9:30am on a Sunday. I increased my bid that morning to $40. Then a minute before the close I increased it to $120. I didn&#039;t want to let this get away. THANKFULLY, no one else bid and I won for $10. </p><p><br /></p><p>In comparison, in Germany a few days later, a present Reiniger gave someone sold for $160. </p><p><br /></p><p>These are a few stills from the film. If you&#039;ve never seen it, it&#039;s well worth searching out. The humans are posable. Since the camera was not able to do CUs, medium or wide shots, she cut each piece for the shot. <img src="https://imgs.search.brave.com/AYtLshTHJ9UTQhMuel377ukWVUUJAX7IY9Wt9MQaT4o/rs:fit:500:0:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWFn/ZXMuc3F1YXJlc3Bh/Y2UtY2RuLmNvbS9j/b250ZW50L3YxLzVh/OTA1NTdlMTEzN2E2/ZmRlZWI2YmIzZS8x/NTc5MTk4NTMwNjQz/LUpQR1FPQkxXMFky/QjNCNFZOVTJIL1By/aW5jZS1BY2htZWQt/Mi5qcGc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://imgs.search.brave.com/4LAXXqnnkJ0xoZ76aQSNoYFZ655H77Izy79PIMeUhlU/rs:fit:860:0:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9pLmd1/aW0uY28udWsvaW1n/L21lZGlhL2I4OGJl/OWM4YmMyMjA3OTYw/MDY2ODRkOWRlMDEx/YWFjYzMxM2ExYTQv/MF8xOTJfMTY1NF85/OTIvbWFzdGVyLzE2/NTQuanBnP3dpZHRo/PTQ2NSZkcHI9MSZz/PW5vbmUmY3JvcD1u/b25l" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://imgs.search.brave.com/Il5tlrqIVFXAajWM30NtdkisE1g3bUFUuE5iZaBj6vM/rs:fit:860:0:0:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu/Y2luZW1hdGhlcXVl/LnFjLmNhL2Nkbi1j/Z2kvaW1hZ2UvZm9y/bWF0PWF1dG8vd29y/a3NwYWNlL3VwbG9h/ZHMvcHJvamVjdGlv/bnMvYXZlbnR1cmVz/LWR1LXByaW5jZS1h/aG1lZC1sZXMtZW4t/MTY1MzkyNzc3NC5q/cGc" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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