Bray Cartoon Title Card Gallery
Pathe Era Titles (1913-1915)
Pathe titles from 1913 and 1914.
Rare National Board of Censors introductory title from 1915. Special thanks to Larry Groebe.
Paramount Era Titles (1916-1919)
Rare Paramount-Bray Cartoon introductory title present on the films for at least some of the 1916 season. It has only been seen intact on two prints viewed.
The initial title card design for the 1916 Paramount season.
 Standard title card designs for 1916 subjects.
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 Alternate card design from 1917 and a contemporary Daypho Library card.
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The final ‘standard’ title card from the Paramount era.
Goldwyn Era Titles (1919-1921)
Title card sequence from 1920. Note the card which crediting International Film Service with production of the film. The second card is missing from most extant films.
Three different title cards for Us Fellers cartoons (1919-1920)
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Animated title sequence from the Out of the Inkwell series (1919)
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 Another kind of Goldwyn-era title card design.
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 Rare “Table of Contents” card that would have preceded a magazine reel.
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 Later ‘generic’ Goldwyn-era title card.
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The last Goldwyn title cards: generic cards for the Jerry on the Job, Happy Hooligan, and Judge Rummy series.
Bray Magazine Reissue Titles (ca1922)
Examples of title cards from the Bray Magazine series which were compilations of reissued films sold on a states-rights basis.
Walter Lantz-era Titles (1922-1927)
Some title cards from the second incarnation of Col. Heeza Liar (1922-1924). Each card had a different illustration.
 Dinky Doodle title card and Standard Cinema Corp. distribution card (1925)
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 Dinky Doodle title card and FBO distribution card (1926)
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 Unnatural History title cards crediting two assistant directors. (1925-1926)
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 Two styles of Pete the Pup title cards (both 1927)
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Early Bray Reissues (1929-1930s)
 “Hot Dog Cartoons” reissue titles for Pete the Pup and Goodrich Dirt cartoons.
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 Title card from the 1930s sound reissues of Dinky Doodle cartoons.
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Title cards from French reissues of Dinky Doodle cartoons, usually with added sound. It is unclear whether these were done by arrangement with Bray.
Keystone Mfg. and Dover Film Corp. 16mm Toy Film Titles (1932-1950s)
 Early and later Keystone introduction title card, usually followed by original titles.
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 Early and later style of replacement title cards.
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 Dover Film Corp. intro titles, circa late 1940s to early 1950s.
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 Some Dover replacement main titles.
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Bray Archive Replacement Titles (1940s-1950s)
Two examples of replacement titles prepared by the studio for archival subjects in the old film vault.
Television Titles (1949)
Text for a title card in the TV-era Bray files. It is unclear whether this title was ever shot or used with the cartoons in distribution.
 Title card for Farmer Alfalfa cartoons and Paul Terry credit title.
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 Title card for Bobby Bumps cartoons and Earl Hurd credit title.
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 Title card for Us Fellers cartoons. Wallace Carlson was not credited.
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 Title card for Out of the Inkwell cartoons and Max Fleischer credit title.
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Title cards for Dinky Doodle/Pete the Pup and Unnatural History cartoons and Walter Lantz credit title.
End title card used on most of the TV prints.
Intertitle Styles
 Early and mid-1916
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Alternate Version Comparisons
 Original (1920) and Bray Magazine Reissue (ca1922)
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 Original (1927) and Reissue (1929)
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 Original (1926) and Television (1949)
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 Reissue (ca1935) and Television (1949)
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 Reissue (1929) and Television (1949)
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Original End Titles (1916-1927)
