Note 27: See the work
mentioned in note 10, p. 8. When Jens Bing claims in this that Storm P. only
started making cartoons after returning from his trip to America, this does not
agree well with Storm P.'s diary notes from 6th and 23rd. June, as well as
August 4, 1919 (see the first-mentioned work in note 16, p. 198). Aside from
the testimony of the diary entries, it sounds more likely that Storm P. has
made his first cartoon with a view to the upcoming America tour. Despite the
fact that Storm P. allegedly thought that his little cartoon had certain
shortcomings, it is likely that he would still show it in the film's and
cartoon mecca, USA, cf. his diary note of Aug. 4, 1919. This has since been
later confirmed by Jens Bing. See note 20.
The Storm P. cartoon, which
premiered at the Palace Theater in December 1920, was “The Three Little Men -
The Goose Thief ". Regarding Karl Wieghorst, Niels Plaschke mentions that
he has produced at least three "independent" cartoons based on Hans
Christian Andersen's fairy tales and with the following titles: "The
steadfast tin soldier" (1928) "The little Girl with the matches"
(1928) "The Ugly Duckling" (1928). Niels Plaschke: Listed place -
Lars Jakobsen: Listed work, pp. 24-27. Here the order of the films is stated as
follows: “The Ugly Duckling”, “The little Girl with the matches” and “The
steadfast tin Soldier.” The latter cartoon is stated to be 15 minutes, and on
page 27 a picture from the film is shown. another H.C. Andersen cartoon by
Wieghorst: "Big Klaus and Little Klaus" from 1930. This year
Nordisk Tonefilm produced a puppet film with the same title and subject, photographed
by Chr. Maagaard Christensen and with dubbing by Henning O. Petersen
("Lange Lyd”). The film that on 24. 8. - 8 9.1930 was shown in the Cinema,
is about 600 m 35mm, which means a playing time of approx. 22 min. But although
Wieghorst's film is stated to have been produced in 1930, and therefore must be
a sound film, it is not listed in the Films Who What Where - Danish titles and
biographies 1929 - 1967. Perhaps there is a confusion between the two films?