Charles B. Mintz (1896 - January 4, 1940) was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. Mintz is noted for taking the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series from Walt Disney in February 1928 and starting the Winkler Studio with Margaret Winkler's brother George to produce the films. After losing the Oswald contract to Walter Lantz, Mintz focused on the output of another Winkler-distributed studio, the Krazy Kat studio, which became first the Mintz studio and later Screen Gems after Columbia Pictures took over the studio. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Short Subject; Cartoon in the 1930s. 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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... Margaret J. Winkler (or M. J. Winkler) 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 Walt Disney. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit trade advertisement from 1927. ... Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Krazy Kat is a comic strip created by George Herriman, that appeared in weekday and Sunday U.S. newspapers between 1913 and 1944. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Columbia Pictures Corp. ... The Columbia Pictures logo, since 1996. ...