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Born | Patrick Anthony Powers October 8, 1869 Waterford, Ireland |
Died | July 30, 1948 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 78)
Occupation(s) | Movie producer and distributor |
Patrick Anthony Powers (October 8, 1869 – July 30, 1948) was an American producer who was involved in the movie and animation industry of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. He established Powers' Cinephone Moving Picture Company, also known as Powers Picture Plays. His firm, Celebrity Productions, was the first distributor of Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoons (1928–1929).[1] After one year, Disney split with Powers, who started the animation studio Iwerks Studio with Disney's lead animator, Ub Iwerks.[2]
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