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Modern era. v. t. e. The silent age of American animation dates back to at least 1906 when Vitagraph released Humorous Phases of Funny Faces. [1] [2] Although early animations were rudimentary, they rapidly became more sophisticated with such classics as Gertie the Dinosaur in 1914, Felix the Cat, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and Koko the Clown .
The Silent Era. The Fleischer Studio was built on Max Fleischer's novelty film series Out of the Inkwell (1919–1927). The novelty was based largely on the results of the "rotoscope", invented by Fleischer to produce realistic animation. The first Out of the Inkwell films were produced through The Bray Studio.
Felix the Cat. Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic young black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he is often considered one of the most recognized cartoon characters in history.
4, including Marian Constance Blackton. Relatives. Cornell Woolrich (son-in-law) James Stuart Blackton (January 5, 1875 – August 13, 1941) was a British-American film producer and director of the silent era. One of the pioneers of motion pictures, he founded Vitagraph Studios in 1897. He was one of the first filmmakers to use the techniques ...
History. Animation in the United States during the silent era (1900s-1920s) Golden age of American animation (1920s-1960s) World War II and American animation (1940s) Animation in the United States in the television era (1950s-1980s) Modern animation in the United States (1980s-present)
The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the popularization of sound synchronized cartoons in 1928 and gradually ended in the 1960s when theatrical animated shorts started to lose popularity to the newer medium of television. [1] Animated media from after the golden age, especially on ...
Silent film era[edit] A one-minute 1904 film by Edison Studios re-enacting the Battle of Chemulpo Bay, which occurred on 9 February that year off the coast of present-day Incheon, South Korea. The art of motion pictures grew into full maturity in the "silent era" ( 1894 in film – 1929 in film ).
Klasky Csupo, the animation studio behind Rugrats, produced and animated era-defining shows for the children's network, in the 1990s and 2000s. Once the studio faded into obscurity in 2008, they were succeeded by Frederator Studios , the studio behind The Fairly OddParents (2001–2006, 2009–2017).