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9 unusual facts about Felix the Cat


A Barnyard Frolic

It is also among the few Krazy shorts directed by Bill Nolan who previously worked on Felix the Cat shorts.

Betty Lou Varnum

McVay and her special friends, “Gregory Lion” (a perpetually 4-year-old lion), “Catrina Crocodile” (a witch who had changed herself into a beautiful crocodile) and “Dusty the Unicorn” (more formally known as “Stardust Glimmer”, who was 3000 years old – young for a unicorn), would chat with visitors, teach a clever craft, and watch wholesome cartoons such as “Felix the Cat” and “Tales of the Riverbank,” a Canadian live-action short about “Hammy the Hamster”, “Roderick the Rat” and friends.

Felix Mitchell

Known as "Felix the Cat" after the cartoon character, he is credited with creating the country's first large-scale, gang-controlled drug operation.

LaVannes C. Squires

At the time of his senior year at Wichita East High School, LaVannes was still very small but a good athlete; he earned the nickname “Felix the Cat” from his peers due to his quickness and slender appearance.

Mukokuseki

It has even been implied that the large eyes could have its roots in early influences from older cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat.

Oriana

Oriana, the beleaguered princess whom the protagonist of Felix the Cat: The Movie must save as well as the land where she resides in

Tibor Hernádi

Felix the Cat: The Movie (1988) (director, animation director, layout artist, storyboard artist)

After working as a director on short animated films, Hernadi made his full-length directorial effort in Felix the Cat: The Movie, which was released in the United Kingdom in October 1988.

Woos Whoopee

Woos Whoopee (sometimes referred to as Felix The Cat in Woos Whoopee or Felix Woos Whoopee) is a surreal, animated 1928 Felix the Cat silent short subject produced by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan.


Bicolor cat

Other well known cartoon bicolor cats include Krazy Kat, Felix the Cat, Tom Cat from Tom and Jerry, Jess from Postman Pat, Kitty Softpaws from the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots, Figaro, Beans and Sylvester.

Joe Oriolo

Joseph "Joe" Oriolo (February 21, 1913, Union City, New Jersey – December 25, 1985) was an American cartoon animator, writer, director and producer, known as the co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost and the creator of the Felix the Cat TV series.

Quimby the Mouse

The strip follows that of a seemingly depressed cartoon mouse, modeled after Felix The Cat and Mickey Mouse.

Rainbow Parade

Many of the Rainbow Parade cartoons were one-shot stories with no recurring characters, but several of the films featured Molly Moo-Cow, Toonerville Trolley and Felix the Cat.

The Magic Window

These included episodes from Tales of the Riverbank, Felix the Cat, and a series called "Let's Be Friends" which introduced viewers to a child from another city or country, sharing their culture and lifestyle.


see also

Julius the Cat

Julius' similarity to Felix the Cat, who was created in 1919 by Otto Messmer for Pat Sullivan's studio, was not accidental, but due to Margaret Winkler urging the reluctant Disney to copy Felix.

Otto Messmer

By the 1960s, Felix had been reinvented for television, and Messmer's longtime assistant Joe Oriolo (the creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost) made sure that Messmer was finally credited as the creator of Felix the Cat.