This week, we look at a Fleischer “Animated Antic” – Bring Himself Back Alive is an oddball “one-off” entry, featuring an unlikeable fur trapper named Hyde Skinner and a boastful lion, voiced by Pinto Colvig.
Time for some boogie-woogie jungle rhythm! Shamus Culhane directs his crew – including Emery Hawkins, Les Kline, Paul Smith, Pat Matthews and Don Williams – in a jive-jumping’ Walter Lantz “Swing Symphony”.
Today, we look into one of Hugh Harman’s most lavish short cartoons, and one of his last for the MGM studio, “The Field Mouse”. Here’s the breakdown of animators who brought this film to life.
This week’s breakdown looks into an early 1930 Terrytoon, and as with the other early Terrytoons previously analyzed here, head animator Frank Moser is given a large amount of footage in this film.
Here’s the draft from Chuck Jones’ first cartoon as director, “The Night Watchman”. Bob McKimson, Phil Monroe, Ken Harris, Ben Washam, and Rod Scribner are on board – let’s see who animated which scenes.
This week, we’ll look into another bona-fide Disney classic! Released in 1935, “On Ice” blends two breeds of artists present at the studio — seasoned animators and their less experienced counterparts.
Today, we’ll look into director Dick Lundy’s first Woody Woodpecker cartoon – with animation by Emery Hawkins, Paul Smith, Bernard Garbutt and Sidney Pillet.
This week, Pudgy is back again, with a mischievous little “monk”! Betty Boop’s last few cartoons were released around 1939, and this cartoon signifies how inconsequential the series had become….
Gather ‘round, folks! It’s a Bugs Bunny jungle “pitcher”! Precarious journeys in a mysterious jungle proved successful in newsprint and screen throughout the first half of the 20th century, as…
This week, we’re looking at an early Tom and Jerry that introduces a new bulldog opponent. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera knew how to differentiate their two stars from the…
