Laugh-O-Gram Films
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Short-lived animation studio founded by Walt Disney in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1922. Laugh-O-Gram produced a series of animated fairy-tale shorts and the pilot Alice's Wonderland (1923). The studio went bankrupt in 1923, after which Disney moved to Hollywood and used the Alice series to launch his career. Despite its brief life, Laugh-O-Gram is where Disney first assembled the team and techniques that would define his later work.
Produced
Animation, Silent
The pilot for Walt Disney's Alice Comedies, made at his Laugh-O-Gram studio in Kansas City. A live-action girl, played by Virginia Davis, falls asleep in a cartoonist's studio and dreams herself into an animated Wonderland full of lions, dancing cats, and marching soldiers. The short mixes live-action footage of Davis with hand-drawn backgrounds and characters, a technique Disney would build an entire series around after moving to Hollywood. The film is in the public domain in the United States as a pre-1930 work.
Animation · Silent · Short · Family
Alice's Wonderland
1923 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A silent Laugh-O-Gram retelling of the fairy tale, in which Cinderella is tormented by her stepsisters, transformed by a fairy godmother, and whisked to the royal ball, with her animal friends lending comic help. One of Walt Disney’s earliest Kansas City cartoons. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy · Family
Cinderella
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Jack the Giant Killer is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio, featuring Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character and the precursor to Oswald and Mickey Mouse. A boy and his companions (a dog and the cat) sail to the land of giants to rescue a captured girl, encountering sea creatures and performing monkeys along the way. The short is one of seven fairy tale cartoons produced by Laugh-O-Gram Films before the studio's bankruptcy. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Jack the Giant Killer
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Little Red Riding Hood is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio, and the first appearance of Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character and the precursor to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The short reimagines the classic fairy tale with Disney's contemporary humor, featuring a cat who helps Red Riding Hood outwit the wolf. The film is one of the earliest surviving Disney animated shorts. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Little Red Riding Hood
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Puss in Boots is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio. Based on the classic fairy tale, the short features a clever cat who helps his master win the hand of a princess. The cartoon includes Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character — in a supporting role. Like the other Laugh-O-Gram fairy tales, the film reimagines the traditional story with contemporary humor and gags. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Puss in Boots
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Four animal musicians—a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster—set out for Bremen to become town musicians, but end up outwitting a band of robbers in a lonely house. A Walt Disney-directed Laugh-O-Gram short based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy · Family
The Four Musicians of Bremen
1922 - Animation
Distributed
Animation, Comedy
A silent Laugh-O-Gram retelling of the fairy tale, in which Cinderella is tormented by her stepsisters, transformed by a fairy godmother, and whisked to the royal ball, with her animal friends lending comic help. One of Walt Disney’s earliest Kansas City cartoons. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy · Family
Cinderella
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Jack the Giant Killer is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio, featuring Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character and the precursor to Oswald and Mickey Mouse. A boy and his companions (a dog and the cat) sail to the land of giants to rescue a captured girl, encountering sea creatures and performing monkeys along the way. The short is one of seven fairy tale cartoons produced by Laugh-O-Gram Films before the studio's bankruptcy. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Jack the Giant Killer
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Little Red Riding Hood is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio, and the first appearance of Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character and the precursor to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Mickey Mouse. The short reimagines the classic fairy tale with Disney's contemporary humor, featuring a cat who helps Red Riding Hood outwit the wolf. The film is one of the earliest surviving Disney animated shorts. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Little Red Riding Hood
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Puss in Boots is a 1922 animated short from Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studio. Based on the classic fairy tale, the short features a clever cat who helps his master win the hand of a princess. The cartoon includes Julius the Cat — Disney's first named animated character — in a supporting role. Like the other Laugh-O-Gram fairy tales, the film reimagines the traditional story with contemporary humor and gags. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy · Fantasy
Puss in Boots
1922 - Animation