Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1972
First of all – if you watch only one Oscar submission cartoon this week, “Super Joe” is the one to watch. It is hilariously bad.
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Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1971
Despite entries from veterans like George Pal and Gerry Chiniquy, the Academy’s Shorts Branch preferred to look outward – away from Hollywood.
Louella Parsons on the Great Disney Films
Her word weighed heavily with the public. Her opinion could make or break a film. The good news – she was quite the fan of Walt Disney.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1970
The Oscars go “indie”. Submissions now reflect the times with contemporary messages about modern society. No Tijuana Toads for this crowd.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1969
Ward Kimball wins the Oscar – wrestling it away from such stiff competition as Cool Cat, The Tijuana Toads and The Ant and The Aardvark.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1968
It wasn’t a Hubley independent Windy Day that took home an Oscar this year – it was a Disney Blustery Day instead.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1967
This was the first year the traditional Hollywood studios – including Disney, Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount – failed to score a nomination.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1966
Only nine cartoons were qualified and screened for nomination in 1966. But what an interesting mix of Hollywood theatricals, quirky independents and superb international shorts.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965
This year marked an increase in the actual number of short films submitted – and the quality all-around was quite high.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1964
The year The Pink Panther won the Oscar race he had competition from a Terrytoon Sad Cat, a Lantz Beary family and Three Little Woodpeckers.
