Toontown (WHTM) On April 6, 1906, the Vitagraph Company, one of the first motion picture studios, copyrighted a most unusual motion picture. Titled Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, it was created by ...

It’s safe to say that, for the most part, modern cartoons are a far cry from the early days of animation. Animation’s roots are in the late 19 th century, with cartoons hitting the screen in the early ...