Felix the Cat Trifles with Time
[writer unknown], directed by Otto Messmer
Perhaps the first time travel in a theatrically released cartoon is Felix in “Trifles
with Time,” where the silent, surreal cat negotiates with Father Time for a trip to a
better age. After appropriate payment, Father Time obliges and Felix goes back to a stone
age with dinosaurs.
— Michael Main
A cat can’t live nowadays—turn me back to a better age, just for a day.
Felix the Cat Trifles with Time [writer unknown], directed by Otto Messmer (at movie theaters, USA, 23 August 1925).