Official Films
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Official Films, Incorporated was founded by Leslie Winik in 1939 to produce educational shorts. Soon, after buying some negatives of public-domain Keystone Chaplin films, the company found itself in t
Official Films Catalogue (1949)
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
Official Films
…some negatives of public-domain Keystone Chaplin films, the company found itself in the home movie business. It obtained several dozen cartoons from Ub Iwerks and Van Beuren. Six Flip the Frog cartoons were released from the Iwerks studios (Castle Films would later license the Iwerks ComiColor films). These…
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