Charles Bear Mintz was an American film producer and distributor who assumed control over Margaret J Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924.
10 Facts About Charles Mintz
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Between 1925 and 1939, Mintz produced over 370 cartoon shorts.
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Charles Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks's Alice Comedies, and asked the two to develop a new character.
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In February 1928, when the character proved more successful than expected, Charles Mintz hired away all of Disney's animators except Iwerks, who refused to leave Disney, and moved the production of the Oswald cartoons to his new Winkler Studio, along with Margaret Winkler's brother, George.
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Charles Mintz experienced his biggest success in Scrappy, which continued production after Charles Mintz died.
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In 1933, Charles Mintz's studio became known as Screen Gems.
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In 1939, Charles Mintz became indebted to Columbia, which resulted in him selling the studio to Columbia Pictures.
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Walt Disney mentioned in an interview that Charles Mintz cultivated his standards for high-quality cartoon movies, and he kept emphasizing them even after their contract ended.
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Charles Mintz was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Short Subject.
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Charles Mintz was portrayed in the feature film Walt Before Mickey by Conor Dubin.