The Original Tom & Jerry in “Pots and Pans” (1932)
“Pots and Pans” is a dandy little musical cartoon that is apologetically happy. While not spectacular in any way, it’s a positive and fun short.
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Here At Last: The ‘Grotesqueries’ and ‘Noveltoons’ Blu-rays!
I thought I’d take this post to plug and finally talk a little bit about Grotesqueries and Noveltoons, two ‘new’ titles from Thunderbean on Blu-ray.
Ottawa Animation Festival – and “Grampy’s Indoor Outing” (1936)
This one reads more like a journal entry than post this week, but it ends with Betty Boop, and that can’t be all bad!
Some Stop Motion Outtakes from “Bury the Axis” (1943)
I thought I’d share one of the rarities from my forthcoming Lou Bunin set: reels of outtakes from the wartime propaganda short Bury the Axis.
A Paramount Screen Song: “The Circus Comes to Clown” (1947)
I’m actually most fond of this one because of the character designs and the very odd appearance of Blackie the Sheep, unusually miserable in this one short.
An Archivist’s Dream: Eshbaugh’s Technicolor “The Wizard Of Oz”(1933)
Pondering Ted Eshbaugh’s Technicolor “Wizard of Oz” short, and the interesting history behind its creation.
Kinex Studios “The Early Bird and the Worm” (1928)
The Early Bird and the Worm was one of the hardest to find of the Kinex films. It uses combined drawn animation with the stop motion, making this particular short even more unusual.
Walter Lantz “House Of Magic” (1937)
It’s understandable the Meany, Miny and Moe cartoons were the least of the series that Walter Lantz produced in the 1930s. Here’s an example why.
Scrappy in “The Gold Getters” (1935)
The Gold Getters is far from a highlight of the Scrappy series, and its a really good example of how sometimes the Columbia cartoons are not quite cohesive.
UPA’s “After the Cut” (1946) and “Landing Accidents” (1946)
After the Cut and Landing Accidents were produced for the Navy. These are especially hard to come by, leaving vintage prints from the era being the only copies available.
