Early Animation Pioneers

Pioneers in the amazing craft of animation demonstrate their extraordinary talents in this collection of 12 early shorts featuring the artistry of Walt Disney, Willis O’Brien, Paul Terry, Bud Fisher, John Randolph Bray, Charley Bowers, Gregory La Cava, Earl Hurd and more in Cartoons on the Beach (1915), Cramps (1916), Farmer Al Falfa’s Wayward Pup (1917), The Dinosaur and the Missing Link (1917), Goodrich Dirt, Cowpuncher (1918), Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum (1918), Newman’s Laugh-O-Gram (1921), Puss in Boots (1922), Alice the Toreador (1925), Invisible Revenge (1925), Dog Gone (1926) and Willi’s Nightmare (1928). B&w/95 min/NR/fullscreen.