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M.J. Winkler  
Type of Company Distribution company
Country of Origination United States of America
Years of Operation Formed 1921
Active 1921 through 1926
Restructured 1926
Company Principals Margaret J. Winkler (1921 through 192?)
Charles Mintz (circa 1926)
[?] George Winkler?
Company Offices Candler Building, 220 West 42nd Street, New York, New York, USA (circa 1922)
Company Exchanges unknown

M.J. Winkler was chiefly a national State Rights distributor of short animated films, distributing Felix the Cat cartoons produced by Pat Sullivan (1921-1925), Fleischer-produced cartoons by Out of the Inkwell Films, Incorporated (1922-1923), Alice cartoons by Disney Brothers Studio (1924-1925), and the Winkler-produced Krazy Kat cartoons (1925-1926).

Margaret Winkler married employee Charles Mintz in 1924. At some time following, Margaret turned over the company to Mintz who restructured the company to form Winkler Pictures, Incorporated, in 1926.

References: FilmYearBook-1923 p. 200 : Website-Wikipedia.

 
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