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" On November 9, 1919, Master Tom, a character resembling Felix, debuted in a Paramount Pictures short entitled Feline Follies.[1] Produced by the New York City-based animation studio owned by Pat Sullivan, the cartoon was directed by cartoonist and animator Otto Messmer. It was a success, and the Sullivan studio quickly set to work on producing another film featuring Master Tom, The Musical Mews (released November 16, 1919). It too proved to be successful with audiences. Paramount producer John King suggested that the cat ought to be renamed to "Felix", after the Latin words felis (cat) and felix (luck), which was used for the third film, The Adventures of Felix (released on December 14, 1919). In 1924, animator Bill Nolan redesigned the fledgling feline, making him both rounder and cuter. Felix's new looks, coupled with Messmer's mastery of character animation, would soon rocket Felix to international fame. " (Source:Wikipedia)

" Out of the Inkwell was the title of a short experimental film that Max Fleischer independently produced in about 1915-1916 to demonstrate his invention of the rotoscope as a means for achieving realistic movement by animated characters. His younger brother Dave Fleischer dressed in a clown costume to provide the model for an animated clown. Out of the Inkwell was also the title of a series of 13 silent animated short films produced by Max Fleischer for the Bray Studio between 1919 and 1921. They featured The Clown (later known as Koko the Clown) and a little dog named Fitz (later known as Bimbo), and were notable for their use of combined live action and animation. Fleisher continued the series after starting his own studio Out of the Inkwell Films and by 1929, had produced 65 more Out of the Inkwell films and 29 Inkwell Imps films. " (Source: Wikipedia)