Fleischer Studios in Miami
Today a special pictorial tribute to the Fleischer studio building in Miami, Florida. As we all know, after the success of Disney’s Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Paramount had…
Category Archives: Animation History
Sam Katzman’s Animated Superman
In the summer of 1993, I (on behalf of Asifa Hollywood) got involved with organizing the Ojai Animation Festival, a short-lived but wonderful weekend out of town, that attracted many…
Sing-A-Long with “School Days”
When I was growing up in New York City, between the morning sitcom reruns and the afternoon cartoon shows (I didn’t get out much), was The Joe Franklin Show (aka…
Edgar Kennedy In Cartoons
Editor’s Note: I’m delighted today to post a guest column by my longtime friend – film historian Ron Hall. Ron presides over his own classic movie blog, Cafe Roxy and…
Mighty Mouse on the New Rochelle Walk Of Fame
What do Alex Raymond, Carl Reiner, Jay Leno, Buffalo Bob Smith, Walter Lantz and Paul Terry have in common? Nothing – except they are all honorees of a plaque on…
Tex Avery’s “Lucky Ducky” (1948)
Today we celebrate one of my favorite Tex Avery MGM cartoons – Lucky Ducky (originally released October 9th, 1948). It was a duck hunting cartoon (Porky’s Duck Hunt) eleven years…
Screening Cartoons in 35mm
I’ve advocated and endorsed screening classic cartoons in 35mm Technicolor for years. Though most of us grew up seeing these on TV (and the younger among us, through You Tube…
“Variety” in Animation
A friend of mine who works for Variety challenged me to list as many cartoons I can think of that the famed Hollywood trade publication appeared in. After thinking about…
Fleischer For Sale
Super animation art collector Ryan Englade is putting some choice Fleischer Studios pieces up for auction on October 21 and 22. The auction is via S/R Labs with a hard-copy…
Betty Boop in “I Heard”
Max Fleischer’s I Heard is one of my favorite Betty Boop pre-code cartoons, with one of the best soundtracks the studio ever had. But here’s a little mystery recently brought…
