Laugh-O-Gram Studio
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The Laugh-O-Gram Studio was an American independent animation studio founded by Walt Disney on June 28, 1921 and closed on October 16, 1923. It was located on the second floor of the McConahay Buildin
McConahay Films Building in August 2010
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McConahay Building in 2004
Left side of the Thank You Walt Disney mural
Ub Iwerks
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Ub Iwerks was an American animator, cartoonist, film director, film producer, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician. He was widely known for his early work with Walt Disney Prod
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…second floor of the McConahay Building in Kansas City, Missouri, as a key early venture for Disney and his recruited pioneers of animation, including Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, and Friz Freleng. The company was incorporated to produce a series of contracted animated shorts called Newman's Laugh-O-Grams…
Iwerks animating his most famous co-creation, Mickey Mouse c. 1929
The title card for Trolley Troubles (1927), animated by Iwerks
Sinbad the Sailor, a 1935 ComiColor cartoon