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Jerry the Troublesome Tyke
Jerry the Troublesome Tyke
Directed by	Sid Griffiths
Written by	Sid Griffiths; Bert Bilby; Brian White
Produced by	Sid Griffiths; Brian White
Distributed by	Pathé
Release date	1925-1927
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent film

Jerry the Tyke also known as Jerry the Troublesome Tyke is a cartoon dog created during the silent film era. Created by Cardiff-based animator Sid Griffiths, and shown throughout British cinemas as part of Pathé Pictorial's screen news-magazines, Jerry the Tyke was the first animated series to be made in Wales.

History

Jerry the Troublesome Tyke was first produced in 1925 by animator Sid Griffiths and photographer Bert Bilby who both worked as projectionists at Cardiff's Capitol Cinema.^[1] They were later joined by London-based co-animator Brian White.^[2] Inspired by the American animation Felix the Cat, Jerry the Tyke was a mixture of live-action sequences and animation, similar in style to Max Fleischer's Out of the Inkwell series.^[1]^[3]^[4] 40 animations were created between 1925 and 1927, and were shown throughout the World as part of Pathé Pictorial, a fortnightly cinema news-magazine.^[5] Each silent short lasted for about four minutes and often featured Griffiths interacting with Jerry, though Jerry always remained on the drawn page.^[6]

In 2002, Welsh actor Rhys Ifans worked with BBC Wales to provide narration to several of the original Jerry the Tyke episodes, with music provided by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.^[7] The 'lost' episodes were discovered by the Welsh Animation Group in the vaults of British Pathé at Pinewood, and have been described as "...the most comprehensive surviving material of a British screen cartoon creature"^[7]^[8] The rediscovery of the films has resulted in Jerry the Tyke being reintroduced to modern audiences, being shown on channel BBC 2W in the United Kingdom since 2002 and featuring at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2005 and the British Silent Film Festival in 2010.^[4]^[9]^[10] Today the films form part of the collection of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales.^[3]

Most recently Jerry the Tyke has been brought back to life by musician and composer Simon Lovatt. National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales and Arad Goch teamed up to provide young audiences a taste of Jerry the Tyke. Performed for the first time at the 2012 "Opening Doors" Performing Arts Festival for Young Audiences at the "Drum" in the National Library of Wales. The show was toured in 2013.

Filmography

Title	Release date	Video
Jerry the Troublesome Tyke	1925
Honesty Is the Best Policy	1925
Jerry's Treasure Island Travel	1925
Jerry Tracks The Treasure	1925
There's Many a Slip	1925
Jerry's Test Trial	1925
A Very Jerry Expedition	1925
The Joy Provider	1925
Never Say Die	1925
A Bird in the Hand	1925
In and Out of Wembley	1925
Jerry's Done it Again	1925
Curing a Cold	1925
The Deputy	1926
"Weather" or Not	1926
Ten Little Nigger Boys, now referred to as Ten Little Jerry Boys	1926
All Cod!	1926
One Exciting Nightmare	1926
Both Biters Bit	1926
When Jerry Papered the Parlour	1926
A Wireless Whirl	1926
We Nearly Lose Him	1926
He Breaks Out	1926
A Splash and a Dash	1926
A Flash Affair	1926
Football	1926
Going West	1926
A Sticky Business	1926
All Up a Tree	1926
Golf	1926
He Gets "Fired"	1926
Jerry is Too Canny for the Cannibals	1926
Jerry Sacks a Saxophone	1926
Shown Up!	1926
Spoofing a Spook	1926
Treasure Hunting	1926
Weight and see	1926
C.O.D.	1926
His Birthday	1927
Great Expectations	1927

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Jerry The Troublesome Tyke". The National Library of Wales. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Brian White". cartoons.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales". movinghistory.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b Berry, David. "24th Pordenone Silent Film Festival" (PDF). Pordenone Silent Film Festival. pp. 121–122. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ Frick, Caroline (2011). Saving Cinema: The Politics of Preservation. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-19-536810-9.
^ Andrews, Robert (22 September 2002). "Cartoon pioneer dog has his day". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Rhys Ifans rejuvenates Jerry the Tyke". BBC Press Office. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Animation in Welsh film". BBC Wales. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "Welsh cartoon dog rediscovers global fame". Western Mail. thefreelibrary.com. 12 October 2002. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ "The 13th British Silent Film Festival" (PDF). phoenix.org.uk. 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}