Notes:

I took some creative liberties regarding the details of the film, but you can learn more about Quirino Cristiani's career (and let me know if I screwed up the factual stuff):

• Animation World Network's profile of the pioneer
• A much more detailed lament from Damn Interesting
• I randomly learned of this film on Wikipedia and naturally thought of Disney's Snow White, so it was neat to later come across this YouTube video that also mentions both

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