comment FEEDBACK
notifications people person {{user_data.username}} Log out {{ snack_text }} Close
Picture of Felix the Cat
Bio

About Felix the Cat

Felix the Cat is a funny-animal cartoon character created in the silent film era. The anthropomorphic black cat with his black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first character from animation to attain a level of popularity sufficient to draw movie audiences.Felix originated from the studio of Australian cartoonist/film entrepreneur Pat Sullivan. Either Sullivan himself or his lead animator, American Otto Messmer, created the character. What is certain is that Felix emerged from Sullivan's studio, and cartoons featuring the character enjoyed success and popularity in popular culture. Aside from the animated shorts, Felix starred in a comic strip (drawn by Sullivan, Messmer and later Joe Oriolo) beginning in 1923, and his image soon adorned merchandise such as ceramics, toys and postcards. Several manufacturers made stuffed Felix toys. Jazz bands such as Paul Whiteman's played songs about him (1923's "Felix Kept on Walking" and others). By the late 1920s, with the arrival of sound cartoons, Felix's success was fading. The new Disney shorts of Mickey Mouse made the silent offerings of Sullivan and Messmer, who were then unwilling to move to sound production, seem outdated. In 1929, Sullivan decided to make the transition and began distributing Felix sound cartoons through Copley Pictures. The sound Felix shorts proved to be a failure and the operation ended in 1932. Felix saw a brief three-cartoon resurrection in 1936 by the Van Beuren Studios. Felix cartoons began airing on American TV in 1953. Joe Oriolo introduced a redesigned, "long-legged" Felix, added new characters, and gave Felix a "Magic Bag of Tricks" that could assume an infinite variety of shapes at Felix's behest. The cat has since starred in other television programs and in two feature films. As of the 2010s, Felix is featured on a variety of merchandise from clothing to toys. Joe's son Don later assumed creative control of Felix. In 2002, TV Guide ranked Felix the Cat number 28 on its "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time" list.In 2014, the rights to the character belonged to Joe Oriolo's son Don Oriolo. They were acquired by DreamWorks Animation, which is now part of Comcast's NBCUniversal division.


This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Felix the Cat , which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Interesting links - Felix the Cat

Hottest videos on mozaart right now

Notion by The Rare Occasions
Notion
The Rare Occasions
Está Dañada by Ivan Cornejo
Está Dañada
Ivan Cornejo
The Red Means I Love You by Madds Buckley
The Red Means I Love You
Madds Buckley
love nwantiti (ah ah ah) by CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
CKay
masquerade by Siouxxie
masquerade
Siouxxie
love nwantiti (feat. DJ Yo & AX'EL) - Remix by CKay, DJ Yo, AX'EL
love nwantiti (feat. DJ Yo & AX'EL) - Remix
CKay, DJ Yo, AX'EL
MONEY by LISA
MONEY
LISA
this is what falling in love feels like by JVKE
this is what falling in love feels like
JVKE
Two Moons by BoyWithUke
Two Moons
BoyWithUke
Registred Mozaart.com 2019
Previous skip_previous Play play_arrow Pause pause Next skip_next Share fa-share-alt Playlist queue_music