Before there was Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, or even the Alice comedies, Walt Disney was determined to get into the animation business, so he took a borrowed camera to the shed behind his house and created his first film. Soon, having raised $15,000 from family and friends, Walt hired a minimal staff and incorporated Laugh-O-gram Films.
1921 saw the first 4 of 6 Laugh-O-Grams debut in theaters when Disney sold his animated Laugh-O-grams to the Newman Theatre in Kansas City. They include;
- A video of Walt Disney sitting at his desk, drawing a picture of a criminal being kicked out of Kansas city.
- A video of Walt Disney’s hand drawing a picture of a pair of women’s legs in stockings in the middle of the paper with the top halves of two women on either side of her.
- A video of Disney’s hand drawing a picture of someone driving a car that’s in mid-bounce on a bumpy road.
- An animation of policemen walking into a police station, then being fired and literally thrown out before someone hangs a “cops wanted” sign on the station.
Like everything made during that time, they were all silent.
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