Animating on Times Square: Douglas Leigh and Otto Messmer
This week in Mark Kausler’s closet we found a real piece of gold: a vintage reel of Otto Messmer animation that was originally shown as animated lights in Times Square.
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New Year’s Resolutions – and The Coming Year in Film Restoration
Since it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and that usually involves Times Square, here is a little animation done by Otto Mesmer exclusively shown on billboards on Broadway back in the 50s.
