Pixar’s “Up” leave you hanging for more flying house action? Then you’re in luck!
Check out this 1921 short “Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend,” by the self-proclaimed “inventor of animated drawing” Winsor McCay. In fifteen minutes, it tells the story of a debt-plagued man who decides to solve his problems by… outfitting his house with a propeller and flying it to the moon. What could possibly go wrong?
For early animation it is really surprisingly beautiful and entertaining. Check out the flying house zipping through an astronomically accurate view of the solar system around eleven minutes in. Of course, the astronomical accuracy is tossed aside when it’s time for the Man in the Moon to chase down our heroes with a giant fly-swatter…
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