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
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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