Category Archives: Animation Trails

In the Center Ring (Part 10)
Animation Trails
March 13, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 10)

There’s some good ones – and a few strange ones – in this week’s mix, including glitzy starring stints for Pluto, Droopy, and Warner’s Three Bears.

In the Center Ring (Part 8)
Animation Trails
February 28, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 8)

1947 was a busy year for cartoon circus action, among them a George Pal Puppetoon, a Disney featurette, a Tex Avery oddity, and visits by Andy Panda and Popeye.

In the Center Ring (Part 6)
Animation Trails
February 14, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 6)

One would think that circus life and atmosphere hardly fit into the wartime years of animation, and that imagery of such frivolity would seem out of style. But you would be wrong.

In the Center Ring (Part 5)
Animation Trails
February 7, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 5)

The atmosphere of popcorn, peanuts, and balloons would retain its animated appeal, even as threats of a looming war began to grow.

In the Center Ring (Part 4)
Animation Trails
January 31, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 4)

The mid ‘30’s would see a marked improvement in the genre of circus cartoons – the first episodes to be filmed in Technicolor.

In the Center Ring (Part 2)
Animation Trails
January 17, 2024 posted by Charles Gardner

In the Center Ring (Part 2)

Presenting the second chapter of our survey of circus cartoons, continuing with the silent era, and moving into the dawn of sound.