Animation Anecdotes #362
In 1993, it was announced in the trades that Betty Boop would make her animated feature film debut for MGM by the Zanuck Company – but the film was never made.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Animation Anecdotes #361
Boxoffice magazine in 1945 stated, “(Red Hot Riding Hood) had the greatest number of bookings of any MGM short subject in its 18 year history – over 15,000.”
The Disney Lumina Commercials
The story behind the clever combination live action and animation TV spots created to play during the Academy Awards for sponsor Cheverolet.
Animation Anecdotes #360
The birthday celebration was part of a four day, fifteen city cross-country airplane tour, a Boeing 727, decorated with a 16-foot Donald Duck decal and “Happy Birthday” message along its side.
Animation Anecdotes #359
Asked in public to do the Woody Woodpecker laugh, Gracie Lantz would oblige – while her husband would simply shake his head. “No dignity… She used to be very proper.”
Animation Anecdotes #358
“I didn’t understand this thing until the opening night. They never let me see any rushes. We started on the film in 1934 when I was 18 and it went on until I was 21.”
Animation Anecdotes #357
Paul DeKorte passed away in October 1985. He was with Hanna-Barbera for twenty years after he had met William Hanna when they were both members of a barbershop quartet.
In His Own Words: Floyd Norman on Ludwig Von Drake
Here’s Donald Duck’s eccentric uncle from the European side of the family. I had a chance to talk with Disney Legend Floyd Norman about Professor Ludwig Von Drake.
Animation Anecdotes #356
In the 1940s, American animator George Moreno Jr. produced a series of theatrical cartoons for and in Great Britian – featuring Bubble, a cockney taxi driver, and his faithful cab, Squeek.
Animation Anecdotes #355
Actor Vincent Price, at the age of 75, thought playing Rattigan in The Great Mouse Detective would be an interesting challenge so he agreed to audition for the job.
