Famous Studios 1945-46 (Part 2)
Welcome back to the Famous Studio Archive. Before we move on to 1946-47 season, a few more items from the 1945/46 era to observe. For example, this… The Noveltoon Jack-In-The-Box…
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Famous Studios 1945-46
Introductory Note: Welcome of the first of new series of posts devoted to Paramount’s Famous Studios. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be posting here each week – or how…
Three Books To Recommend
I interrupt my website to actually write a post myself – and to take a moment to thank our regular contributors past and present for keeping this space lively, informative…
The Secret History of “Little Audrey”
Readers of this site are familiar with Paramount’s (and later Harvey Comics) Little Audrey – a character created to replace Little Lulu in a series of animated theatrical cartoons beginning…
“The Adventures of Sam Space” (1953)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, 20th Century-Fox released a film about a battle in outer space featuring a boy, some comical robots and ruthless alien…
Before McLaren: Canadian Animation in the Silent Film Era
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today we present something a little different – an academic paper recently presented at the Society for Animation Studies conference in Toronto this past June. I met its…
A Frank Moser Mystery
I got an interesting packet in the mail a few weeks ago. It came from London – and I wasn’t expecting it. It was a flat thin barely padded envelope….
Paul Terry’s Terryscope
My friend Eric Kurland, visual effects animator (Osmosis Jones) and 3D consultant (Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare), recently came into ownership of a very strange 3-D/Cartoon item. It appears…
“Easy Winners” (1958) – The Lost Gene Deitch-Jules Feiffer Terrytoons TV Pilot
One of the most intriguing “could’ve-been” projects in animation history is Easy Winners. Gene Deitch protégée Jules Feiffer came up with a kids show that was clearly ahead of its…
Gene Deitch’s Lost “Small World” Comic Strip
Editor’s Note: Academy Award winning animator Gene Deitch celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday August 8th. To commemorate this event Gene has decided to give us all a present –…
