Live-action animated film match with a live kitten. In a variation from this and inspired to do so Walt Disney's first directorial efforts, years before Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was born in 1927 and Mickey Mouse in 1928, were the live-action animated "Alice Comedies" cartoons, in which a young live-action girl named Alice interacted with animated cartoon characters. Many previous films combining live action with stop-motion animation using back projection, such as Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen films in the United States, and Aleksandr Ptushko, Karel Zeman and more recently Jan Švankmajer in Eastern Europe. The first feature film to do this was
The Stone Age (film) bear in the head with the game's mallet. The teddy bear reverts to her affection for Oswald. The Stone Age (film) The Stone Age is a short animated film by Walter Lantz Productions, and one of many featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. As the title implies, the story is set to when everybody is a caveman. But while they wear animal hide, they also wear shoes that are rather modern day in style. Oswald is riding outdoors on a wooden scooter, looking for a girl to date with. He then comes to a house with an escalator resembling a dinosaur