BackBefore Mickey
The Animated Film 1898-1928 (book in English)
- Type
- Studies
- Subject
- Genre > Animation
- cartoon, silent cinema, history of cinema
- Publishing Date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Collection
- (no collection)
- Language
- English
Relative size
- Physical desc.
- Paperback • 436 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm) - ISBN-10
ISBN-13 - 0-226-11667-0
978-0-226-11667-9 - User Ratings
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Book Presentation:
This witty and fascinating study reminds us that there was animation before Disney: about thirty years of creativity and experimentation flourishing in such extraordinary work as Girdie the Dinosaur and Felix the Cat. Before Mickey, the first and only in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928, includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. Crafton is equally adept at explaining techniques of sketching and camera work, evoking characteristic styles of such pioneering animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context, and unraveling the aesthetic impact of specific cartoons.
"Before Mickey's scholarship is quite lively and its descriptions are evocative and often funny. The history of animation coexisted with that of live-action film but has never been given as much attention."—Tim Hunter, New York Times
See the publisher website: University of Chicago Press
> From the same author:
The Talkies 1926-1931 (1999)
History of American Cinema vol.4
by Donald Crafton
(in English)
Subject: History of Cinema
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Dir. Philippe Moins and Xavier Kawa-Topor
Le Cinéma graphique (2009)
Une histoire des dessins animés: des jouets d'optique au cinéma numérique
Le Cartoon à Hollywood (1988)
L'Histoire du dessin animé américain
Le Cinéma d'animation avant et après Walt Disney (1981)
Un panorama historique et artistique
Walt Disney Film Archives (2022)
Les Films d'animation 1921-1968
Dir. Daniel Kothenschulte
(in English and French)
Subject: Studio > Walt Disney Studios
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