An Art Davis Scrapbook
Arthur Davis saved many artifacts, such as group photographs, production artwork, gag drawings, contracts and correspondence. Here’s a sample.
Category Archives: BAXTER’S BREAKDOWNS
Mickey Mouse in “The Karnival Kid” (1929)
With The Karnival Kid, Walt Disney determined to make his latest Mickey a “talking picture.”
Walter Lantz’ Andy Panda in “Meatless Tuesday”
For the first time in a long while on Cartoon Research, here is an animator breakdown of a Walter Lantz Cartune.
Disney’s “Duck Pimples”
I have been anxious to write about this title since the launch of this series and now, in the spirit of the spooky Halloween season, it’s finally here!
The (Annotated) Handwritten Notes of Ben Harrison
These notes, a written overview of Harrison’s career, provide a vast insight into an important but unsung figure who appears never to have been formally interviewed otherwise.
An Al Eugster Scrapbook
From the artists’ collection, we’d like to share with you this selection of rare visual “goodies”.
Irv Spence’s “Rugged Rangers”
After animator Irv Spence finished his gangster spoof “Rats in Spats”, he embarked of a more elaborate color production, again using the animators at MGM for his cast.
Irv Spence’s “Rats In Spats”
Irv Spence directed his own amateur film entitled Rats in Spats, a parody of 1930s gangster films – using his fellow animators at MGM.
A.C. Gamer: Captain (or Lieutenant) of the Clouds
A.C. Gamer was typically an effects animator on Warner Bros. Cartoons and in general, that is how he is remembered. Here’s his story.
Robert McKimson’s “Early To Bet” (1951)
“Not the Gesundheit! Not the Gesundheit!” The last breakdown of the month – and for a while – is a bonafide cult classic from Bob McKimson.
