Disney -- Famous Buys "Alice" Comedies -- June 26, 2024

Film Daily, 19-June-1924

Famous Players bought distribution rights for Walt Disney's Alice cartoons. Notice that the name "Disney" does not appear in the item. 

Announcing a New Series of 13 Alice Comedies -- May 22, 2024

Film Daily, 19-May-1924

This ad announces "13 One-Reel 'Alice Kid Comedies. A Combination  Cartoon and Live Character Series -- A Distinct Novelty." The Alice Comedies featured a live action little girl interacting with animated animals. They were produced by Walt Disney.

Film Daily, 11-May-1924

Margaret Winkler was a woman who distributed films. This was a rare thing. The movies she handled were most shorts and many were animated. She distributed Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat cartoons, which were very popular. This ad announces that she will also distribute "a New Series of 13 Alice Comedies. Kid Comedies with Cartoons Co-Ordinated Into the Action. A Distinct Novelty."

Film Daily, 11-May-1924

This item describes how Felix had become a fad in Britain, but it seems to have been cut off at the end. We will never learn the conclusion to "Englishmen have no..."

Alice Comedies -- April 22, 2024

Film Daily, 16-April-1924

100 years ago this month, the first ads for the Disney Brothers' Alice Comedies started to appear.  The Alice Comedies featured a live action little girl interacting with animated animals. I like this tiger. 

Motion Picture News, 19-April-1924

Margaret Winkler was a woman who distributed films. This was a rare thing. The movies she handled were most shorts and many were animated. She distributed the Felix the Cat cartoons, which were very popular. In a speech to the Film Club of Boston, she mentioned that she had picked up "a series of combination cartoon and live character subjects known as 'Alice Comedies' which are being made for her in Hollywood by Walt Disney."

Motion Picture News, 19-April-1924

This ad calls the Alice Comedies "The Short Subject Sensation of the Year." That might have been optimistic. 

Motion Picture News, 26-April-1924

"Alice's Day at Sea" was the first Alice Comedy. Virginia Davis played Alice. "This novel idea is very unique and entertaining enough to satisfy any sort of an audience."