Animated History

1 [1921] Paul Terry’s ‘Aesop’s Fables Modernized; What They Will Do For You’ — full-page advert in Exhibitor’s Herald

J. Stuart Blackton… Winsor McCay… J.R. Bray… Earl Hurd… Walter Lantz… Sidney Smith… Wallace Carlson… Paul Terry… International Features Syndicate… Bud Fisher… Max Fleischer… Walt Disney…

“THE HARDEST ACTORS TO HANDLE ARE COMIC PEN-AND-INK CHARACTERS”

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2 [1933] Earl Theisen, ‘The History of Cartoons; Along the Devious Pathway of Motion Picture Cartoons From “The Artist’s Dream,” 1913, to “Mickey Mouse” Today’ — in The International Photographer

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6 [1915] J.R. Bray, ‘Col. Heeza Liar—Ghost Breaker,’ February

7 [1939] Arthur Edwin Krows, ‘Motion Pictures—Not For Theaters’ — in The Educational Screen, October

John R. Bray… Earl Hurd… Max Fleischer… Winsor McCay… Raoul Barré… Wallace A. Carlson… Carl Francis Lederer… Earl Hurd… Paul Terry… Frank Moser…

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12 [1914] ‘…Gertie is a trained prehistoric monster which long-haired scientists call DINOSAURUS…’ — full-page advert in The Moving Picture World, December 26

13 [1910s] Original ‘Gertie’ cell by Winsor McCay — from the collection of illustrator Willy Ashworth

14 [1918] ‘The Sinking of the Lusitania’ by Winsor McCay — full-page advert in The Moving Picture World, September 7

Winsor McCay… Bud Fisher… John R. Bray… F.M. Follett… Hy Mayer…

15 [1917] Arthur Gavin, Jr., ‘Making Cartoon Movies; The hardest actors to handle are comic pen-and-ink characters’ — in Picture Play Magazine, June

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20 [1916] R.L. Goldberg, ‘The Boob Weekly’ — full-page advert in The Moving Picture World, May 13

Rube Goldberg… Winsor McCay… John R. Bray…

21 [1916] Leonard Keene Hirshberg, ‘Cartoons That Move and Act’ — in Motion Picture Magazine, February/May

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24 [1915] Raoul Barré, Edison Kinetogram, March

25 [1921] Paul Terry’s ‘Aesop’s Fables Modernized; What They Will Do For You’ — one more full-page advert in Exhibitor’s Herald

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Thanks to Willy Ashworth