#silent animation

[silentcinemasalon]

Mary & Gretel (1917)

To Mary and Gretel A good Fairy appears, She gives them real life And a promise, of years

A 7-minute stop-motion animated silent film by Howard S. Moss in which two dolls are brought to life by a fairy and embark on a series of strange adventures. Music by Philip Carli.

From the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/00694019/

[felixkeepswalking]

Tokyo Disneyland now has regular meet and greets with the resurrected silent animation star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

1924 Animation ‘Lichtspiel Opus III‘  by German Dada Filmmaker Walter Ruttmann.

[ohmacraft]

Special thanks to @its-lily-i-guess for allowing me to use her MC skin, and special thanks to Aphmau/Jess for creating the wonderful Donna!

[jeffmumm]

Here's a little comic I was inspired to make back when I took a history of animation class, many years ago

[ucresearch]

Long before today's CGI special effects, early animators of the silent era experimented and introduced new techniques into filmmaking. Check out a tour of the silent animation collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive—one of the few places in the world that captures this rich history of early animation.

[baxterfilms]

Hungry Hoboes, a newly-found Disney Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released May 1928. Animated by Ub Iwerks and Rollin Hamilton. 

[joegp]

Taco Trouble