Reconstructing a Silent Cartoon “Reunion” (1922)
I’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at one of the films that I currently have in the restoration pipeline.
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Scrappy is not good with babies: “Park your Baby” (1939).
In this story, Scrappy is working at a department store watching children at the nursery — a coat check of sorts to ‘park your baby’ while you shop. Chaos ensues.
Thoughts on WWII Animated Films – What We Have and Haven’t Found
What’s unusual on your ‘Holy Grail” list?
People Watching 16mm Cartoon Prints on YouTube
I’m amazed at how many people are posting 16mm cartoons they’re shooting off a screen, or using professional scanners. Here’s a sample of what I mean.
Live show at Cinelounge tonight – and Van Beuren “Summertime”
The early sound Aesop’s Fables are fascinating as they’re not yet committed to actually making well-synchronized sound cartoons.
Terrytoons “Foofle’s Train Ride” (1959)
I think Gene Deitch was really amazing to take Terrytoons in this creative direction at this particular studio.
Collective Continuum? The Driving Force That Keeps These Long Strips Of Plastic Relevant
I spent part of the afternoon today working on lining up elements from various Iwerks Comi-Color cartoons.
Thunderbean’s “Rainbow Parade Cartoons, Volume 1” is back!
…back from replication, that is! And the pre-orders are going out this week!
“Pencil Mania” with Tom and Jerry
This short, maybe more than any Van Beuren cartoon, seems to celebrate creativity and the imagination, and, as in the best of the series, it’s a freewheeling little adventure.
Scrappy in “Graduation Exercises” (1935)
It’s Scrappy time again — just as every day should be.
