Nine new Mickey Mouse cartoons also are becoming public domain, two years after Steamboat Willie made the first version of ...
NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.
It’s a big year,” said Jennifer Jenkins, law professor and director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain.
Jasmine Amy Rogers always knew that someday she would be a cartoon character. Her mother told her and her brother as much when they were children. But the actress always thought it would be as a voice ...
The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 ...
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Nicole Scherzinger channelled animated cartoon Betty Boop as she attended the premiere of the musical inspired by the character this weekend. The actress and singer, 46, was at the opening night of ...
LOS ANGELES — Betty Boop and “Blondie” are joining Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh in the public domain.