A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Old Doc Yak
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Sidney Smith

Cast: (unknown)

The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig and Sidney Smith. Scenario by Sidney Smith, from a comic strip by Sidney Smith. Animation by Sidney Smith. / Released 8 July 1913; in a split-reel with A Jolt for the Janitor (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first film in the animated “Seligettes” series.

Comedy: Cartoon.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation [paper]

Listing updated: 20 May 2008.

References: Lahue-Selig p. 154.