Go East, Young Toon (Part 8)
No less than three appearances by Popeye, assists from Tom and Jerry, Private Snafu, Bugs Bunny, and Donald and Goofy, and goodies from Walter Lantz and Terrytoons.
Category Archives: Animation Trails
Go East, Young Toon (Part 7)
We’ll ping-pong around with some brief Arabian references from Disney, Tex Avery, Screen Gems, Superman, Private Snafu, and Gandy Goose – and the “Speaking of Animals” series from Paramount.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 6)
Three Warner episodes, an expensive-looking MGM, a cheap-looking Screen Gems, a Walter Lantz from Alex Lovy, and a late Fleischer Popeye.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 5)
We have a lot of Max Fleischer to get through today. Warner Brothers provides the remainder of the program – all with middle Eastern themes.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 4)
Today’s survey might be called doubly-pleasurable, as it abounds in doubles. Two Sultans. Two Oswalds. Two ComiColors. Two retellings of “Ali Baba”.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 3)
Into the 1930’s the appeal of Arabian adventures hadn’t taken any noticeable drop – and continued to proliferate in animated cartoons.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 2)
When animated films became “talkies”, it would seem like a natural progression that composers would turn to the strains of Oriental musical pieces for atmosphere.
Go East, Young Toon (Part 1)
For many and many decades, before crises in the Middle East became headline news, a sub-genre of story-lines regularly permeated both live-action and animated cinema, which could be referred to…
“Moving” Pictures (Part 7)
As recent years of TV production “move” into our viewing scrutiny, a growing number of films begin to focus upon the trauma of moving, rather than the adventure of it.
“Moving” Pictures (Part 6)
Today, some franchises associated with the 1960’s, then a few WB television items from the ‘90’s.
