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 Window Washers The Window Washers The Window Washers is a silent animated short subject produced by Fables Studios, and one of the "Aesop's Fables" cartoons started by animator Paul Terry. When released for television in the 1950s, musical tracks were added. A cat and a rat are in an automobile, riding on a rural road. Different from how most cats appear earlier in the series, the feline in the cartoon wears shorts, one of few things that would inspire Walt Disney to create Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. While the cat and the rat go on riding, a highway patrol cop