Visual Effects

Rollin Hamilton

Born October 28, 1898 · South Dakota, USA

Died June 3, 1951 · aged 52

Rollin "Ham" Clare Hamilton (October 28, 1898 – June 3, 1951) was an early motion picture animator. He was Walt Disney's first hire, and from 1924 to 1928 he worked as an animator for the Alice Comedies and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. In 1928, Hamilton and several other animators left the Walt Disney Studio to work at Winkler Pictures' new animation studio with the help of Charles Mintz. A yea…

Known For

All Wet

All Wet · 1927

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.

Trolley Troubles

Trolley Troubles · 1927

Trolley Troubles

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald, the trolley conductor gets stopped in the tracks by a cow who refuses to move. He then faces a steep hill, which the trolley has trouble with. When it finally gets over the hill, the trolley speeds wildly out of control. Can Oswald's lucky rabbit's foot save him?

Toby Tortoise Returns

Toby Tortoise Returns · 1936

Toby Tortoise Returns

MovieAnimationComedy

Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.

Merbabies

Merbabies · 1938

MovieAnimationMusic

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid · 1929

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

MovieAnimationComedy

A cartoonist draws Bosko, who promptly comes to life.

Poor Papa

Poor Papa · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice Cans the Cannibals · 1925

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice and her cat are driving along the coast when they accidentally ride off a cliff and into the ocean. They trick a fish into towing them along until a storm hits and they are swept away to the Cannibal Islands, where they are pursued aggressively by the locals.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast · 1934

Beauty and the Beast

MovieFamilyComedy

A little girl is eating too many snacks when she doesn't realize that it is her bedtime. Then the Sandman comes out of nowhere and, sure enough, the girl falls asleep in the blink of an eye. Just then, she has a dream that she is in Toyland, where she encounters all kinds of fairy tale characters.

Filmography

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All Wet

All Wet · 1927

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald takes a job as a lifeguard to keep an eye on Miss Rabbit, who in turn stages a boating accident hoping Oswald will come to save her.

Animation

Trolley Troubles

Trolley Troubles · 1927

Trolley Troubles

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald, the trolley conductor gets stopped in the tracks by a cow who refuses to move. He then faces a steep hill, which the trolley has trouble with. When it finally gets over the hill, the trolley speeds wildly out of control. Can Oswald's lucky rabbit's foot save him?

Animation

Toby Tortoise Returns

Toby Tortoise Returns · 1936

Toby Tortoise Returns

MovieAnimationComedy

Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.

Animation

Merbabies

Merbabies · 1938

MovieAnimationMusic

Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Silly Symphony. Ocean waves form merbabies who are summoned to an aquatic circus playground on the sea floor, where they interact with a parade of seahorses, starfish and other marine life, before disappearing into the surface from which they came.

Animation

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid · 1929

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid

MovieAnimationComedy

A cartoonist draws Bosko, who promptly comes to life.

Animation

Poor Papa

Poor Papa · 1928

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald gets a visit from the stork ... again and again and again. He has to resort to a variety of strategies to stop the continual flow of babies.

Animation

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice Cans the Cannibals · 1925

Alice Cans the Cannibals

Alice and her cat are driving along the coast when they accidentally ride off a cliff and into the ocean. They trick a fish into towing them along until a storm hits and they are swept away to the Cannibal Islands, where they are pursued aggressively by the locals.

Animation

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast · 1934

Beauty and the Beast

MovieFamilyComedy

A little girl is eating too many snacks when she doesn't realize that it is her bedtime. Then the Sandman comes out of nowhere and, sure enough, the girl falls asleep in the blink of an eye. Just then, she has a dream that she is in Toyland, where she encounters all kinds of fairy tale characters.

Animation

Alice Chops the Suey

Alice Chops the Suey · 1925

Alice Chops the Suey

Alice is kidnapped by Chinese Gangsters and brought to Chinatown. Her cat tries (successfully) to rescue her, but then they're hunted by a bunch of angry Chinese Triad members.

Animation

Alice the Jail Bird

Alice the Jail Bird · 1925

Alice the Jail Bird

Alice and Julius are riding along on a turtle until they notice someone has left a pie to cool on their third-storey window sill. They swipe it with the aid of the turtle and his elongated neck, but are pursued by a police officer. They try to paddle away across a pond and up a river, but the officer's determined to catch them. He tricks them into his paddy wagon and they end up in prison, where the hijinks continue with a daring jail break.

Animation

Alice's Tin Pony

Alice's Tin Pony · 1925

Alice's Tin Pony

MovieAnimationComedy

Alice and Julius are driving a train, which is carrying a large payroll. Pete the Bear and his gang find out about it and devise a plan to rob the train.

Animation

Bosko's Soda Fountain

Bosko's Soda Fountain · 1931

Bosko's Soda Fountain

MovieComedyAnimation

Bosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty Wilbur.

Animation

Alice Hunting in Africa

Alice Hunting in Africa · 1924

Alice Hunting in Africa

Alice and Julius go on a safari in Africa to hunt wild game, but they get very different results.

Animation

Alice's Picnic

Alice's Picnic · 1927

Alice and her friends decide to go to the park and have a picnic. Everything is going well until a gang of rats steals their food. Alice and her friends decide to go after the rats and get their food back.

Animation

Bosko at the Beach

Bosko at the Beach · 1932

Bosko at the Beach

MovieComedyAnimation

Bosko, Honey, and Bruno spend a day at the beach.

Animation

Alice's Auto Race

Alice's Auto Race · 1927

Alice's Auto Race

Alice, Julius and Peter enter a road race. Pete, of course, tries to cheat by pulling such stunts as switching road signs, but Julius is on to Pete's tricks.

Animation

Bosko and Bruno

Bosko and Bruno · 1932

Bosko and Bruno

MovieComedyAnimation

Bosko and Bruno escape from a speeding train via a handcar; make a failed attempt to steal a chicken; and end up on a runaway boxcar.

Animation

The Tree's Knees

The Tree's Knees · 1931

The Tree's Knees

MovieComedyAnimation

Bosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.

Animation

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land · 1931

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land

MovieComedyAnimation

Piggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat and Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.

Animation

Alice in the Big League

Alice in the Big League · 1927

Alice in the Big League

Alice attempts to umpire a big league baseball game where the animals begin to take exception to her bad calls.

Animation

Alice's Fishy Story

Alice's Fishy Story · 1924

Alice's Fishy Story

Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by getting her dog to play for her, and then she and the gang hitch a ride to the local pond where they spend their time fishing. While there, she envisions what it would be like to go fishing at the North Pole.

Animation

Congo Jazz

Congo Jazz · 1930

MovieComedyAnimation

Bosko hunts in the jungle, but ends up playing music with the animals.

Animation

The Ocean Hop

The Ocean Hop · 1927

MovieComedyAnimation

Oswald the Rabbit enters an airplane race with a makeshift aircraft and ends up riding a dachshund lifted into the air by balloons. Meanwhile, his peg-legged rival tries to cheat his way to victory.

Animation

Great Guns

Great Guns · 1927

MovieAnimationComedy

Oswald's country is at war, like many other volunters he joins the army and finds himself soon in the trenches. A short battle leaves him wounded, but at least in the field hospital where his girlfriend is working.

Animation