Charles B. Mintz was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks's Alice Comedies and asked the two to develop a new character. The result was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which would be the first animated character for Universal Pictures.

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  • Charles B. Mintz was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks's Alice Comedies and asked the two to develop a new character. The result was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which would be the first animated character for Universal Pictures. In February, 1928, when the character proved more successful than expected, Mintz hired all of Disney's animators except Iwerks, who refused to leave Disney, and took over the production of Oswald cartoons from his new Winkler Studio with Margaret Winkler's brother George. After losing the Oswald contract to Walter Lantz, Mintz focused on the output of another Winkler-distributed short series, the Krazy Kat series, the Winkler Studio became first the Mintz studio after he took over in 1929 and later Screen Gems after Columbia Pictures took over from him in 1939, a few months before he died in 1940. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Short Subject. His first nomination was in 1935 for "Holiday Land," and he was nominated again in 1938 for "The Little Match Girl. " He lost both Oscars to Disney-made films.
  • Charles B. Mintz fue un productor y distribuidor cinematográfico estadounidense, que tomó el control de la empresa de distribución cinematográfica Winkler Pictures al casarse con Margaret J. Winkler en 1924. Es conocido por arrebatar a Walt Disney la producción de los cortos de animación de "Oswald el conejo afortunado". Con su cuñado, George J. Winkler, creó su propio estudio de animación en 1928, pero la Universal le arrebató a su vez al personaje para asignárselo a Walter Lantz. Mintz formó entonces el estudio Charles Mintz Screen Gemms, dedicado a producir cortometrajes acerca del célebre personaje de cómic Krazy Kat, bajo la dirección de Ben Harrison y Manny Gould. En su encarnación cinematográfica, el personaje apenas se parecía al creado por George Herriman, y tenía más puntos de contacto con Mickey Mouse. Mintz se desinteresó del aspecto artístico de sus producciones, y dio libertad a sus animadores. Fue nominado dos veces al premio Oscar por producir los cortometrajes animados The Little Match Girl y Holiday Land.
  • Charles B. Mintz était un producteur et distributeur de film américain. Il est surtout connu pour avoir pris le contrôle des studios Winkler Pictures propriétés de sa femme Margaret J. Winkler après leur mariage en 1924. A la tête de ce studio il s'appropria la série d'animation de Walt Disney Oswald le lapin chanceux en février 1928 et se lança dans la production avec son beau-frère George de films faisant suite à ceux de Disney. Après avoir perdu le contrat d'Oswald, repris par Walter Lantz, Mintz se réorienta vers un autre studio distribué par les studios Winkler, le studio Krazy Kat, lequel a été ensuite rebaptisé Screen Gems lorsqu'il fut racheté par Columbia Pictures Mintz fut nommé deux fois aux Oscars du cinéma pour le meilleur sujet de dessins animés court métrage dans les années 1930.
  • Charles B. Mintz foi um produtor cinematográfico e distribuidor estado-unidense, que deteve o controle sobre o Winkler Pictures de Margaret J. Winkler depois de seu casamento com ela em 1924. Mintz é lembrado por ter sorrateiramente roubado os animadores e a série Coelho Osvaldo de Walt Disney em fevereiro de 1928 e iniciar o Winkler Studio com o irmão de Margaret Winkler, George, para produzir os filmes. Depois de perder o contrato de Oswald para Walter Lantz, Mintz concentrou-se na produção de um outro produto distribuído pelo estúdio Winkler, o estúdio Krazy Kat, que tornou-se o primeiro estúdio de Mintz, mais tarde da Screen Gems e depois da Columbia Pictures. Ele foi nomeado para dois Oscar de melhor curta de animação; Cartoon na década de 1930.
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  • Charles B. Mintz was an American film producer and distributor, who took control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks's Alice Comedies and asked the two to develop a new character. The result was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which would be the first animated character for Universal Pictures.
  • Charles B. Mintz fue un productor y distribuidor cinematográfico estadounidense, que tomó el control de la empresa de distribución cinematográfica Winkler Pictures al casarse con Margaret J. Winkler en 1924. Es conocido por arrebatar a Walt Disney la producción de los cortos de animación de "Oswald el conejo afortunado". Con su cuñado, George J. Winkler, creó su propio estudio de animación en 1928, pero la Universal le arrebató a su vez al personaje para asignárselo a Walter Lantz.
  • Charles B. Mintz était un producteur et distributeur de film américain. Il est surtout connu pour avoir pris le contrôle des studios Winkler Pictures propriétés de sa femme Margaret J. Winkler après leur mariage en 1924. A la tête de ce studio il s'appropria la série d'animation de Walt Disney Oswald le lapin chanceux en février 1928 et se lança dans la production avec son beau-frère George de films faisant suite à ceux de Disney.
  • Charles B. Mintz foi um produtor cinematográfico e distribuidor estado-unidense, que deteve o controle sobre o Winkler Pictures de Margaret J. Winkler depois de seu casamento com ela em 1924. Mintz é lembrado por ter sorrateiramente roubado os animadores e a série Coelho Osvaldo de Walt Disney em fevereiro de 1928 e iniciar o Winkler Studio com o irmão de Margaret Winkler, George, para produzir os filmes.
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