Warner Club News 1954 – Part 1
1954 begins and Looney Tunes producer Eddie Selzer welcomes the staff back to resume full production and a Christmas party in his home.
1954 begins and Looney Tunes producer Eddie Selzer welcomes the staff back to resume full production and a Christmas party in his home.
1953 was one of turmoil in the Warner Bros. front office, as TV began to affect box office figures; theatrical screen shapes and size were changing – and 3D was now in demand.
Once again, we take a peek behind the scenes of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department via the monthly columns in the in-house studio newsletter.
The square dance fad is at a fever pitch in the Warner Bros. cartoon studio in 1950… the same year Hillbilly Hare hits the screen.
Selzer thinks Freleng’s His Bitter Half is the best Daffy Duck cartoon ever made, Bill Melendez leaves Warner Bros. for UPA – and a recipe for cheesecake! What more do you want?
More clippings from the in-house Warner Bros. employee newsletter – and much of interest for those researching the history of Looney Tunes.
Another year’s worth of columns written by the staff at the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department – plus a gallery of caricatures used in these columns.
First the bad news – USC only has three months of Warner Club News for us in 1946. The good news: there’s lots of odd stuff for us to decipher among these few pages.
Once again we present another six months of columns devoted to the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department, written by either Warren Foster, Tedd Pierce or Michael Maltese back in the day.
The first of a new series of posts containing the Warner Bros. Cartoons column from the studio’s in-house organ, Warner Club News.