 The Gnome Motion Picture Company was a film production company that is credited with three productions between 1910 and 1911 . The purpose of the company to was to produce stories about gnomes . Alice in Funnyland , The Birth of the Gnomes and Alice 's New Year 's Party were all productions that were most likely never released . Announcements in trade publications ceased in January 1911 and the company treasurer , Frederick Kalmbach , was later sued by the City of New York for taxes . Of the three planned productions , two official synopses were released in The Nickelodeon . Despite no evidence of an actual release , the American Film Institute still recognizes all three films as being released in January 1911 . 
