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Cut!: How Lottie Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation
C. E. Winters
Illustrator: Matt Schu
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Greenwillow Books/Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0-06-306739-4
Keywords: pioneer, 1920s, female inventor, classic fairy tales, lost work
Creating the first animated full-length movie, a German woman used her paper silhouette figures and multiplane camera to provide motion and depth to images. Silent-film-style illustrations. Extensive back matter.