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Otto Messmer

Born August 16, 1892 · Union City, New Jersey, USA

Died October 28, 1983 · aged 91

American animator, best known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio. The extent of Messmer's role in the creation and popularity of Felix is a matter of ongoing dispute, particularly as he only laid his claim to the character after the death of Sullivan, who until that time had received the credit. However, most prominent comics and animatio…

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Charley Out West

Charley Out West · 1919

Charley Out West

MovieAnimationComedy

Animated Charlie Chaplin encounters several obstacles on the way to rescuing a distressed damsel held as captive by indigenous Indians.

The Friendly Ghost

The Friendly Ghost · 1945

The Friendly Ghost

MovieAnimationFamily

Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.

The Adventures of Felix

The Adventures of Felix · 1919

The Adventures of Felix

Felix and friends go fishing and camping.

Japanicky

Japanicky · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Felix can't afford to get in to the theatre so he makes a hole in the wall to peep through. There are two wrestlers. A small Japanese mans overthrows an enormous opponent. Inspired, Felix ties a know in a lamppost and is chased by a policeman. He tries to karate a goat who head butts him. He lands in a Japanese garden where two Geishas are kneeling. Inside a hut another Geisha kneels.

Felix Revolts

Felix Revolts · 1923

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town. Felix gathers his feline friends and stages a revolution to restore cats to their rightful place in society.

False Vases

False Vases · 1929

MovieAnimationComedy

When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.

Oceantics

Oceantics · 1930

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

Futuritzy

Futuritzy · 1928

Felix wants to know the future, so he first goes to see a Gypsy who tells him that misfortune is going to happen, Felix doesn't believe her one little bit, so he goes to the local astrologer, Professor Whoozit...

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Charley Out West

Charley Out West · 1919

Charley Out West

MovieAnimationComedy

Animated Charlie Chaplin encounters several obstacles on the way to rescuing a distressed damsel held as captive by indigenous Indians.

Animation

The Friendly Ghost

The Friendly Ghost · 1945

The Friendly Ghost

MovieAnimationFamily

Casper struggles to find friends who won't run away scared when they meet him.

Adaptation

The Adventures of Felix

The Adventures of Felix · 1919

The Adventures of Felix

Felix and friends go fishing and camping.

Director

Japanicky

Japanicky · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Felix can't afford to get in to the theatre so he makes a hole in the wall to peep through. There are two wrestlers. A small Japanese mans overthrows an enormous opponent. Inspired, Felix ties a know in a lamppost and is chased by a policeman. He tries to karate a goat who head butts him. He lands in a Japanese garden where two Geishas are kneeling. Inside a hut another Geisha kneels.

Director

Felix Revolts

Felix Revolts · 1923

After enduring various indignities by the human population in town, including getting beaten up by the fish market owner and forced to eat hot mustard by a customer in a restaurant, Felix finally breaks when he hears the mayor give a speech vowing to drive all cats out of town. Felix gathers his feline friends and stages a revolution to restore cats to their rightful place in society.

Director

False Vases

False Vases · 1929

MovieAnimationComedy

When Felix's piano-playing causes Kitty's Ming vase to break.

Director

Oceantics

Oceantics · 1930

Oceantics starts with Felix walking while whistling. He sees a monkey playing a harmonica. After finishing, the monkey gets showered with coins. Felix then comes upon a billboard of a player piano.

Director

Futuritzy

Futuritzy · 1928

Felix wants to know the future, so he first goes to see a Gypsy who tells him that misfortune is going to happen, Felix doesn't believe her one little bit, so he goes to the local astrologer, Professor Whoozit...

Director

Felix the Cat Switches Witches

Felix the Cat Switches Witches · 1927

Felix the Cat Switches Witches

MovieComedyAnimation

On Halloween, Felix is both victim and victor in mischievous and bizarre jokes. A feline witch promises Felix a romance to lure him into a trap.

Director

Felix Goes West

Felix Goes West · 1924

Felix Goes West

MovieAnimationComedy

Felix gets into trouble with a tribe of Indians out west, and is chased by a bear.

Director

Forty Winks

Forty Winks · 1930

There's no real plot here: just a string of gags on the theme of sleep, or trying to get to sleep. First, Felix and a quartet of feline Felix clones are yowling while a man is trying to sleep; then Felix encounters various obstacles in his own attempts to tryst with Morpheus.

Director

Chestnuts

Chestnuts · 1916

An early trickfilm created by Otto Messmer.

Director

Eskimotive

Eskimotive · 1928

Felix & his friend have fun playing at blowing bubbles. Felix gets inside one and is blown away. The bubble lands on a snowy mountain and turns...

Director

Felix Turns the Tide

Felix Turns the Tide · 1922

Felix Turns the Tide

Felix the Cat becomes a soldier when the rats declare war on the cats.

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Skulls and Sculls

Skulls and Sculls · 1930

Skulls and Sculls

MovieFantasyComedy

Felix the Cat is walking along when he is abruptly blindfolded and subjected to an elaborate ordeal which turns out to be (as the title hints) a fraternal initiation.

Director

Felix in Hollywood

Felix in Hollywood · 1923

Felix in Hollywood

A starving actor, reduced to trying his luck in the movies, travels to Hollywood. His cat, Felix, poses as a travel bag and comes along.

Director

Astronomeous

Astronomeous · 1928

Felix (as a candidate for 'cat president', apparently) promising to find a better place for cats--and courtesy of his bow and arrow, establishes a rope climb straight to Mars!

Director

Rocket to Mars

Rocket to Mars · 1946

MovieAnimationScience Fiction

Popeye and Olive are touring a museum when they accidentally launch a rocketship to Mars. Olive escapes, but Popeye gets to Mars, where he is attacked (by a group led by Bluto) that was preparing to invade Earth. Fortunately, Popeye has a can of spinach handy, so he can save the Earth (turning most of the Martian war apparatus into amusement park rides).

Story

Spree for All

Spree for All · 1946

Snuffy Smith, a returning war veteran, wants peace and quiet. He settles in the mountains, only to have his peace shattered by two violently feuding families.

Story

Flim Flam Films

Flim Flam Films · 1927

Flim Flam Films

Felix and his three kittens sneak into a movie theater to watch "Daddy" on-screen. Upon being kicked out of the show, Felix decides to make his own movies... but the kits film him kissing a bathing beauty, then show the scene to Felix's wife.

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Felix All Balled Up

Felix All Balled Up · 1924

Felix All Balled Up

Felix's owner goes to a golf course and brings along a new "club"--Felix in disguise. While trying to teach his owner how to play golf..

Director

Felix Goes A-Hunting

Felix Goes A-Hunting · 1923

Felix Goes A-Hunting

A wife throws her husband out of the house, telling him not to return unless he brings her a fur coat. Deciding that the only way he'll get one is to make his own, he grabs his rifle and goes hunting. All his efforts fail, though, until he meets Felix, who offers to help him shoot rabbits, and impresses the man with his marksmanship skills. However, it turns out that shooting the rabbits isn't quite as easy as they thought it would be.

Director

She-Sick Sailors

She-Sick Sailors · 1944

She-Sick Sailors

MovieAnimationComedy

Bluto disguises himself as Superman in order to impress the comic book hero's biggest fan, Olive Oyl. A jealous Popeye becomes a real superhero by eating his spinach.

Story

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades · 1927

Felix the Cat - Jack From All Trades

MovieComedyAnimation

Felix's wife demands he stop his lazing and get a job. Off runs Felix to help a barber, a farmer, and a homeless saxophonist (for a price, of course).

Director

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat · 1995

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

SeriesAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an American animated television series produced by Film Roman. the series first aired on September 16, 1995 on CBS Saturday mornings lasting for two seasons with the final episode airing on April 12, 1997. The first season consists of 13 episodes and the second and final season consists of 8 episodes.

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