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Andy’s Stump Speech (1924)
Production Company: Samuel Van Ronkel Productions, Universal Pictures Corp. Director: Norman Taurog. Story: Based on Sidney Smith’s comic strip “The Gumps.” Cast: Joe Murphy (Andy), Fay Tincher (Min), Jack Morgan (Chester). Transfer Note: Copied at 16 frames per second from a 35mm B&W print preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive from source material provided by the New Zealand Film Archive. New Music: Michael D. Mortilla. Running Time: 28 minutes.
Funny-paper favorite Andy Gump ran for office in nearly every national election between 1922 and 1958, giving Americans an everyman’s take on the political process and a good time to boot. While not the first cartoon character to run for President—that distinction is claimed by A. Mutt, later of Mutt and Jeff—he was certainly the first to become a media celebrity and staked out the ground later traveled by Betty Boop, Alfred E. Neuman, and...
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