Felix the Cat is 100 years old! Happy Anniversary!
As Felix turns 100 (on Saturday, November 9th), I think it’s important to consider the major stepping stones of character performance that started with this cartoon cat.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Halloween 2019
It’s going to be a rainy Halloween out here in Michigan. Might as well stay in and enjoy the eye candy of our annual run down of Halloween cartoon treats here on Cartoon Research.
Did Animation Get It Wrong or Right?
Many times I’ve wondered, after watching an adaptation of a comic character or book, just how they managed to get things so wrong given the fact that the original is so rich in content and character.
The Itch For the Unseen, Again…
The 1945 Spanish animated feature “Garbancito de La Mancha” is the first European Cel-animated feature, and bizarre in a more 1930s way than 40s.
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.
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.
