“The Fresh Vegetable Mystery” (1939)
We’re heading over to Miami at Max Fleischer’s animation studio. Today’s entry is a 1939 Color Classic, populated by humanoid produce! (This draft is extracted from Leslie Carbaga’s The Fleischer…
Category Archives: BAXTER’S BREAKDOWNS
“Birth Of A Notion” (1947)
Now here’s a bona-fide laugh riot from the McKimson unit! Birth of a Notion was one of the last cartoons Bob Clampett was slated to direct in early 1945 before…
“Abou Ben Boogie” (1944)
We’re shaking things up this time with a very popular Walter Lantz Swing Symphony! Director Shamus Culhane’s keen sense of design, cutting, timing and characterization at the Lantz studio gave…
Animator Breakdown: “Get Rich Quick Porky” (1937)
I’m as intrigued as you all are — an animation breakdown for a 1937 B&W Porky Pig cartoon? Bob Clampett’s second cartoon, Get Rich Quick Porky – tentatively titled The…
Animator Breakdown: “Hot Cross Bunny” (1948)
Hans Perk’s wonderful blog, A. Film LA, lets viewers observe documents (known as “animator drafts”) that show, in simple terms, who animated what in particular shorts and features for Disney….
