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John Randolph Bray is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 25 august 1879 at Michigan (USA)
John Randolph Bray (August 25, 1879 - October 10, 1978) was an American animator. He produced the second animated film in color, The Debut of Thomas Cat (1920), in Brewster Color, developed by Percy D. Brewster of Newark, New Jersey. (The first color animated film was Winsor McCay's Little Nemo from 1911.) Bray Productions produced over 500 films between 1913 and 1937, mostly animation films and documentary shorts. Cartoonist Paul Terry worked briefly for Bray Studios in 1916.
The entertainment branch of Bray Pictures Corporation closed in 1928. Documentary production for theatrical release continued through the late 1930s. The educational and commercial branch, Brayco, made mostly filmstrips from the 1920s until it closed in 1963. Bray Studios was still in operation in the 1970s, shortly before Bray died at the age of 99 in 1978.
Jam Handy's company, the Jam Handy Organization, began as a Chicago-Detroit division of Bray Studios, to service the auto industry's need for industrial films. Jam Handy made several thousand industrial and sponsored films and tens of thousands of filmstrips, many for the auto industry, closed in 1983.
Bray visited Winsor McCay during his production of Gertie the Dinosaur and claimed to be a journalist writing an article about animation. McCay was very open about the techniques that he developed and showed all the details to Bray. John Randolph Bray later patented many of McCay's methods and unsuccessfully tried to sue the other animator; McCay prevailed, however, and received royalties from Bray for several years thereafter.
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 august 1879 at Michigan (USA)
Death 10 october 1978 (at 99 years) at Bridgeport (USA)
Creator of J.R. Bray Studios
Birth 25 august 1879 at Michigan (USA)
Death 10 october 1978 (at 99 years) at Bridgeport (USA)
Creator of J.R. Bray Studios
The entertainment branch of Bray Pictures Corporation closed in 1928. Documentary production for theatrical release continued through the late 1930s. The educational and commercial branch, Brayco, made mostly filmstrips from the 1920s until it closed in 1963. Bray Studios was still in operation in the 1970s, shortly before Bray died at the age of 99 in 1978.
Jam Handy's company, the Jam Handy Organization, began as a Chicago-Detroit division of Bray Studios, to service the auto industry's need for industrial films. Jam Handy made several thousand industrial and sponsored films and tens of thousands of filmstrips, many for the auto industry, closed in 1983.
Bray visited Winsor McCay during his production of Gertie the Dinosaur and claimed to be a journalist writing an article about animation. McCay was very open about the techniques that he developed and showed all the details to Bray. John Randolph Bray later patented many of McCay's methods and unsuccessfully tried to sue the other animator; McCay prevailed, however, and received royalties from Bray for several years thereafter.
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The Artist's Dreams (1913)
, 5minutesDirected by John Randolph Bray
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors John Randolph Bray
Roles Artist
Rating60%
Un artiste dessine une scène avec un chien allongé à côté d'un meuble. Alors que le dessinateur s'absente quelques minutes, le chien du dessin s'anime et fait preuve d'ingéniosité pour jouer des tours à son créateur...
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The Artist's Dreams (1913)
, 5minutesDirected by John Randolph Bray
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors John Randolph Bray
Rating60%
Un artiste dessine une scène avec un chien allongé à côté d'un meuble. Alors que le dessinateur s'absente quelques minutes, le chien du dessin s'anime et fait preuve d'ingéniosité pour jouer des tours à son créateur...
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Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
, 12minutesDirected by Winsor McCay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques
Actors Winsor McCay, Max Fleischer, Tom Powers, John Bunny
Rating70%
When her master McCay calls her, the frisky, childlike Gertie appears from a cave. Her whip-wielding master has her do tricks such as raising her foot or bowing on command. When she feels she has been pushed too far, she nips back at her master. She cries when he scolds her, and he placates her with a pumpkin. Throughout the act, prehistoric denizens such as a flying lizard continually distract Gertie. She tosses a mammoth in the lake; when it teases her by spraying her with water, she hurls a boulder at it as it swims away. After she quenches her thirst by draining the lake, McCay has her carry him offstage while he bows to the audience.
Producer
Out of the Inkwell (1919)
Directed by Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Max Fleischer
Roles Producer
Rating67%
The Artist's Dreams (1913)
, 5minutesDirected by John Randolph Bray
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Actors John Randolph Bray
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Un artiste dessine une scène avec un chien allongé à côté d'un meuble. Alors que le dessinateur s'absente quelques minutes, le chien du dessin s'anime et fait preuve d'ingéniosité pour jouer des tours à son créateur...