Bray Productions

Bray Productions
Company type	Animation
Industry	Motion pictures
Predecessor	Emile Cohl Pictures
Founded	1912
Founder	John Randolph Bray
Defunct	1928
Fate	Bankruptcy
Successor	Walter Lantz Productions; Bolivar Productions; Out of the Inkwell Studios
Headquarters	New York, United States
Key people	John Randolph Bray; Earl Hurd; Paul Terry; Max Fleischer; Dave Fleischer; Walter Lantz
Owner	John Randolph Bray

Bray Productions was a pioneering American animation studio that produced several popular cartoons during the years of World War I and the early interwar era,^[1]^[2]^[3] becoming a springboard for several key animators of the 20th century, including the Fleischer brothers, Walter Lantz, Paul Terry, Shamus Culhane and Grim Natwick among others.

^ Donald Crafton; Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898–1928; University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-226-11667-0 (2nd edition, paperback, 1993)
^ Denis Gifford; American Animated Films: The Silent Era, 1897–1929; McFarland & Company; ISBN 0-89950-460-4 (library binding, 1990)
^ Leonard Maltin; Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Penguin Books; ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (1980, 1987)

[1] Donald Crafton; Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898–1928; University of Chicago Press; ISBN 0-226-11667-0 (2nd edition, paperback, 1993)

[2] Denis Gifford; American Animated Films: The Silent Era, 1897–1929; McFarland & Company; ISBN 0-89950-460-4 (library binding, 1990)

[3] Leonard Maltin; Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Penguin Books; ISBN 0-452-25993-2 (1980, 1987)

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