The Mother Goose Series (1911)
"Rock-a-bye baby on the tree-top" and lo! There is the tree and high in its branches is the cradle and the baby, gently swaying in the wind. And there, too, do we see Mother Goose herself, and not only she, but her big, fat goose also. And there she sits smiling at us benignly, the author of all our delight, "When the bough breaks the cradle will fall," and sure enough, the bough breaks and down comes cradle, baby and all. We are introduced to a modern scene, everything cozy and comfortable. There sits the old grandfather in his easy chair. There reclines the younger married folk by the brightly burning hearth-fire. In tumble the youngsters, and the parents and the old grandfather are soon smothered in their childish embraces. Now the crossed legs of papa and granddad are brought into play as horses. The gray-whiskered and gray-haired old grandfather is once more a child. His face lights up with childish enthusiasm and his joyous enthusiasm becomes infectious as he dashes the little one up and down on his "horse-leg." Soon all the other grown-ups are beating time, and not one in all that room but "as a child" once more. In the background is the sweet countenance of Mother Goose. There she sits, with her fat goose under her arm. She waves her wand, and from our view dissolves the material world of those who a moment ago we had been observing, and before our delighted vision, troop forth splendidly caparisoned steeds, ridden by bold looking knights, and there in front of them, bedecked and beribboned, is the white horse and a beautiful young maiden on its back.
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GenresFantasy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
