Before Mickey : The Animated Film 1898-1928

Foreword xv Otto Messmer Preface xvii Animation: Myth, Magic, and Industry 3(344) The Secret of the Haunted Hotel 13(22) From Comic Strip and Blackboard to Screen 35(24) The First Animator: Emile Cohl 59(30) ``Watch Me Move!'' The Films of Winsor McCay 89(48) The Henry Ford of Animation: John Randolph Bray 137(32) The Animation ``Shops'' 169(48) Commercial Animation in Europe 217(42) Automated Art 259(42) Felix, or Feline Felicity 301(46) Conclusion 347(4) Notes 351(22) Afterword, Errata, and Update 373(8) Selected Bibliography 381(16) Index 397