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October 1, 1924 Theatrical Animated Hair Cartoons

Studio
Red Seal Pictures
Distributor
Paramount Pictures

Synopsis

Life magazine and New York Times caricaturist Marcus created this series of line cartoons. The format was a combination of a hand drawing one caricature, which, through animating certain cutout portions, transforms into another face and personality. Cartoon drawings of Louise Fazenda, Maxim Gorky, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.

Credits

Directing

Director
Edwin Marcus

Producing

Producer
Edwin Miles Fadman

Animation

Animator
Edwin Marcus

Production notes

Silent film.

The cartoonist/animators full name is Edwin Marcus, confirmed by finding the same signature he uses in the Animated Hair cartoons on one of his political cartoons held by the LC.