Pat Powers (producer)

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Patrick Anthony Powers
Born
Patrick Anthony Powers

October 8, 1869
Waterford, Ireland
DiedJuly 30, 1948(1948-07-30) (aged 78)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationsMovie producer and distributor

Patrick Anthony Powers (October 8, 1869 – July 30, 1948) was an Irish-American producer who was involved in the movie and animation industry from the 1910s to 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). After one year, Disney split with Powers, who started the animation studio Iwerks Studio with Disney's lead animator, Ub Iwerks.

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