On August 16 , 1930 , some eight year after he created Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney , animator Ub Iwerks debut his newest animated cartoon , Fiddlesticks . It was the first to compound speech sound and color , set the row for the integral animation industriousness .
While many animations , include Iwerks ’ 1928 Mickey Mouse short Steamboat Willie , had boast synchronized speech sound , Fiddlesticks was the first to combine strait and people of color . It was produced in two - strip Technicolor , a process that was still in incessant refinement and fraught with technical difficulty , and debuted alongside the MGM - distribute musical revue King of Jazz .
The star of Fiddlesticks , Flip the Frog , would be have in 38 Iwerks cartoons over three years , though he did n’t enjoy the plaudits or seniority of his mousey forbear . Nevertheless , his appearing in Fiddlesticks distinguish an important moment in the history of animation .
So happy eightieth natal day to Fiddlesticks and Flip the Frog , one of a fistful of dance critter who pave the means for decades of animations after him . [ Fiddlesticks , Ub Iwerks , Classic Cartoons ]
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