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Animation Before Hollywood The Silent Period

This article is part of the History of animation in the United States series.

The Silent Period

The Golden Age

The TV Era

The Renaissance

During the beginnings of the silent film era, the central location of the motion picture industry had not yet relocated to Hollywood. In the period before the major studios relocated to Los Angeles (beginning with Carl Laemmle's consolidation of Universal Pictures), most motion picture studios were located in New York City.

• Humorous Phases of Funny Faces
• Winsor McCay, Gertie the Dinosaur and Dreams of a Rarebit Fiend
• Otto Mesmer and Felix the Cat
• Max Fleischer and Koko the Clown
• Beginning of Terrytoons studio and Paul Terry
• Walt Disney's first cartoons: Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
• Other signicant series: Heeza Liar, Mutt and Jeff, Krazy Kat, Barré Studio, Bray Productions, Barré-Bowers Studio, International Film Service
• Significant distributors of animated films: Margaret J. Winkler, Charles Mintz, Red Seal Pictures, Bijou Films

Gertie on Tour