Felix the Cat in "Felix Woos Whoopee" (1930).

During the beginnings of the silent film era, the central location of the motion picture industry had not yet relocated to Hollywood. In the period before the major studios relocated to Los Angeles (beginning with Carl Laemmle's consolidation of Universal Pictures), most motion picture studios were located in New York City. The history of film animation begins with the earliest days of silent film and continues through the present day. ... The Golden Age of American animation is a period in American animation history that began with the advent of sound cartoons in 1928 and lasted into the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts slowly began losing to the new medium of television animation. ... From the big screen to the small screen Cartoons didnt used to be just for kids. ... This article describes the history of animation in the United States of America from the late 1980s to the start of the 21st century. ... Felix Woos Whoopee (1930) File links The following pages link to this file: Felix the Cat ... Felix Woos Whoopee (1930) File links The following pages link to this file: Felix the Cat ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... ... Carl Laemmle ( January 17, 1867, Laupheim, Württemberg, Germany – September 24, 1939, Beverly Hills, California) was a pioneer in American film making and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios. ... Universal Studios Theme Parks. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is the largest financial center in the world. ...

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
• Winsor McCay, Gertie the Dinosaur and Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend
• Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat
• Max Fleischer and Koko the Clown
• Paul Terry and Aesop's Film Fables
• Walt Disney's first cartoons: Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
• Other signicant series: Heeza Liar, Mutt and Jeff, Krazy Kat, Bobby Bumps
• Other significant studios: Barré Studio, Bray Productions, Barré-Bowers Studio, International Film Service
• Significant distributors of animated films: Margaret J. Winkler, Charles Mintz, Educational Pictures, Red Seal Pictures, Bijou Films

Gertie on Tour

Zenas Winsor McCay (September 26, 1871 to July 26, 1934) was a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of animation. ... Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 animated film short that inspired a generation of animators to bring their cartoons to life. ... Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend was a newspaper comic strip written and drawn by Winsor McCay beginning in 1904. ... Otto Messmer (August 16, 1892 - October 28, 1983) was an American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio. ... The famous Felix pace as seen in Oceantics (1930) Felix the Cat is a cartoon character from the silent-film era. ... Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883–September 11, 1972) was an important pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon. ... Koko the Clown and Fitz Koko the Clown was an animated character created by animation pioneer, Max Fleischer. ... Mighty Mouse, the signature character of the studio. ... Farmer Al Falfa in Amateur Night on the Ark (1923) Aesops Film Fables was a series of animated short subjects, created by American cartoonist, Paul Terry. ... Walt Disney For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... The Alice Comedies are a series of cartoons created by Walt Disney, in which a real little girl named Alice and an animated cat named Julius have adventures in an animated landscape. ... An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit trade advertisement from 1927. ... Mutt and Jeff comic book from 1919. ... Krazy Kat was a comic strip created by George Herriman, appearing in both weekday and Sunday U.S. newspapers published by William Randolph Hearst. ... Barré Studio was, in all probability, the first film studio dedicated to animation (the rival for this honor is Bray Productions). ... Bray Productions was the dominant animated series studio in the years before World War I. History The studio was founded in December of 1914 by J. R. Bray, perhaps the first first studio entirely devoted to animation, and series animation at that (he was probably beaten a few months earlier... Barré Studio was, in all probability, the first film studio dedicated to animation (the rival for this honor is Bray Productions). ... International Film Service was an American animation studio created to exploit the popularity of the comic strips controlled by William Randolph Hearst. ... Margaret J. Winkler (or M. J. Winkler, the name she used to survive in the sexist world of American movie-making) was one of the key figures in silent animation history, having a crucial role to play in the histories of Max and Dave Fleischer, Pat Sullivan Otto Messmer and... Charles B. Mintz was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J. Winklers Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. ... Educational Pictures (or Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. ... Stills of Gertie on Tour, Public domain film, fair use of film still, from the Library of Congress Motion Picture & Television Reading Room, you cant get too much more fair than that! This work is copyrighted. ...

External links

• The Library of Congress: Origins of American Animation