The Two Big-Little Features -- January 30, 2023

Film Daily Yearbook, 1922

Margaret Winkler was a pioneer producer and distributor of animated cartoons. She distributed the Fleischer Brothers' Out of the Inkwell, Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat, and Walt Disney's Alice in Cartoonland series. In 1924, she married Charles Mintz and turned the business over to him. He is mostly remembered today for taking Oswald the Lucky Rabbit away from Disney.

Out of the Inkwell -- October 29, 2021

Moving Picture World, 22-October-1921

Brothers Max and Dave Fleischer founded Out of the Inkwell Studios in 1921. 

   

Moving Picture World, 29-October-1921

Rialto Productions released Winsor McKay's animated "The Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend," and the disturbing Funny Face Comedies, which appeared to feature either marionettes or animated dolls. 

Exhibitors Herald, 22-October-1921

Pioneering animator Paul Terry produced Aesop's Fables from 1921 to 1933.