The Debut of Thomas Cat (1920)
- Directed by
- John Randolph Bray
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An early cartoon follows a cat as it appears on screen for the first time in color. The film uses a pioneering color process to show the cat in action.
playfulwhimsicalsilentexperimentalcolorfullightnostalgichistoric
What happens
The Debut of Thomas Cat (also spelled Kat and Katt in various sources) was the first color animated cartoon made in the United States. It was produced by Earl Hurd for Bray Pictures using the Brewster Color film process, and was released on February 8, 1920. This film is lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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J-U-N-K (1920)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.