what was the first film to mix real actors and cartoons?

Question

i first thought of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT then i remebered bednobs and broomsticks that was done in 1971 is there any earlier ones

Answer 1

Anchors Away with Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse, plus a Looney Toons one with Porky Pig getting fired.

The Alice Shorts of walt Disney did this as well (1924)

Answer 2

The tradition goes back all the way to the earliest days of animation with Winsor McCay's short Gertie the Dinosaur, which shows a live-action narrator (specifically, a "live" actor, instead of a filmed one) interacting with an animated landscape and character (Gertie). In one scene, the narrator appears to throw a real orange which is caught by Gertie (the real orange is replaced by an animated one just as it leaves the narrator's hand), and the film climaxes with a scene in which the narrator enters the animated landscape (again, replaced by an animated version) and takes a ride on the famous dinosaur's back.

In the later days of silent film, the popular animated cartoons of Max Fleischer included a series where his cartoon character Koko the Clown interacted with the live world; for example, having a boxing match with a live kitten. In a variation on this concept, Walt Disney's first directorial efforts (years before Mickey Mouse was born) were the animated Alice Comedies short cartoons, in which a young live-action girl named Alice interacted with animated cartoon characters.

In the era of sound film, the 1940 Warner Bros. cartoon You Ought to Be in Pictures, directed by Friz Freleng, can be seen as a predecessor to Roger Rabbit. The animated sequence in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh in which Gene Kelly dances with an animated Jerry Mouse is one of the actor's most famous scenes.

Answer 3

1945 Anchors Aweigh when Gene Kelly danced with with Jerry Mouse. Frank sinartra was also in the film.

Trivia: For the most famous sequence in the film, Mickey Mouse was originally meant to be the dance partner of Gene Kelly. However, when Walt Disney refused to have his most famous character appear in an MGM film. Kelly turned to MGM's own animation studio and used Jerry Mouse of Tom and Jerry fame.

Answer 4

I believe Disney's Song of the South(1946) was the first feature film to mix animation with a standard movie.

Answer 5

I think maybe Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in a film I can't remember the name of - was it Mary Poppins? But they were singing supercalafragilisticexpealidotious at a fairground I think with animated characters. I think that was before Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Answer 6

I think theres really old films made with cartoon/real characters, theres one with Shirley Temple in it I think she dances with Micky Mouse also I think Gene Kelly did something like that too but can't place the film.

Answer 7

Can't remember the title but it was Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry mouse in the 1940's.

Answer 8

There was a cartoon, a looney tunes cartoon, way back in the thirties that did that. Porky Pig quit his job and was going around amongst real people looking for a new one.

Answer 9

Mary Poppins?

Answer 10

it particularly is particularly humorous. I constantly snicker whilst there's a scene featuring an insect/small animal feeding because of the fact the sound is definitely edited on why? to make it extra interesting and to that end entice visitors whilst? idk