The Debut of Thomas Cat

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The Debut of Thomas Cat
Produced by Earl Hurd
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Release date
  • February 8, 1920 (1920-02-08)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

The Debut of Thomas Cat (also spelled Kat and Katt in various sources) was the first color animated cartoon made in the United States. [1] [2] [3] It was produced by Earl Hurd for Bray Pictures using the Brewster Color film process, [4] and was released on February 8, 1920. This film is lost.

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Plot

The plot involves a kitten encountering a rat for the first time, rather than the mice it is used to. [4]

Reception

Despite favorable reviews, Bray Pictures deemed the process to be too expensive, and did not employ it again. [5]

Availability

The film is lost. No visual evidence of it is known to have survived.

References

  1. ↑ Kroon, Richard W. (2010). A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment, and Other Audiovisual Terms. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN   978-0-7864-4405-2.
  2. ↑ Robertson, Patrick (November 11, 2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 326. ISBN   9781608197385 . Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Karl (January 2000). "Milestones of the Animation Industry in the 20th Century". Animation World Magazine . p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Lee, Newton; Madej, Krystina (April 26, 2012). Introducing Color. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 49. ISBN   9781461421016 . Retrieved December 29, 2015.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ Crafton, Donald (December 15, 1993). Before Mickey: The Animated Film 1898–1928. University of Chicago Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN   0-226-11667-0 . Retrieved December 29, 2015.
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