TR's Arrival in Africa (1909)
African animals, including a lookout monkey, await with trepidation the arrival of big-game hunter Theodore Roosevelt.
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Too much of everything
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The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Not much happens in this short, 24 second-long, animation. The introduction reads: "Teddy's arrival caused some commotion in the Jungle..." This cuts to a scene of various animals up in a tree, and a monkey standing below, looking off into the distance. As the dot on the horizon comes closer, the monkey realizes who the person is, panics, and runs up the tree to join the other animals. Then the person gets closer and is revealed to be a caricature of Teddy Roosevelt, with rifle in hand. That's it.About the only interesting part of the animation is the caricature, which looks much like others of TR.