Otto Messmer
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American animator (1892-1983) best known as the creator and principal animator of Felix the Cat. Working at Pat Sullivan's studio, Messmer directed and animated the vast majority of the Felix shorts from 1919 through the early 1930s, though Sullivan took public credit for the character. Messmer's inventive, surreal animation made Felix the biggest cartoon star of the silent era.
Directed
Animation, Comedy
A black cat named Master Tom ventures out for a night of music and romance, in the very first appearance of the character soon to be renamed Felix the Cat. Animated by Otto Messmer at Pat Sullivan's studio. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Feline Follies
1919 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
When a baseball game is rained out and the crowd turns ugly, Felix the Cat takes matters into his own paws to save the day. A silent Felix cartoon animated by Otto Messmer. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Felix Saves the Day
1922 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Felix the Cat blasts off into space and encounters bizarre alien worlds and cosmic perils in one of his later silent adventures. Animated by Otto Messmer and distributed by Educational Pictures. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy · Sci-Fi
Felix the Cat in Astronomeous
1928 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Felix the Cat visits the circus, where he tangles with performing animals and finds himself in the center ring amid a parade of sight gags. An Otto Messmer-animated Felix the Cat short, later retitled Frolics at the Circus. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
The Circus
1920 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Felix the Cat uses his wits to invent solutions to impossible problems, from mechanical contraptions to clever schemes. An Otto Messmer-animated Felix the Cat short, originally released as Felix Turns the Tide and later reissued under the title The Inventor. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
The Inventor
1922 - Animation
Animation, Short
One of the last and strangest Felix the Cat shorts, directed by Otto Messmer and produced by Pat Sullivan. Felix stays out late on New Year's Eve and gets spectacularly drunk, stumbling home through a surreal nightmare of pink elephants, dancing skeletons, and menacing apparitions before facing the greatest demon of all: his angry wife. Originally a silent film released around 1928, it was reissued by Copley Pictures in 1930 with added sound effects and music. Animation historian John Canemaker called it one of the best Felix films ever made, a final burst of creative energy from a series that would end a few years later. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Short · Comedy
Woos Whoopee
1930 - Animation