“Opening Night” (1933) – and a Busy Week For Thunderbean
Here’s a sort-of summary of the events of the week: Fleischer Rareties; Flip The Frog; and some beloved Van Bueren cartoons – now restored!
Here’s a sort-of summary of the events of the week: Fleischer Rareties; Flip The Frog; and some beloved Van Bueren cartoons – now restored!
The Animated Antics and Gabby series seemed to struggle to figure out a format. But they’re interesting and entertaining just the same.
We’re about to scan the very last film for the almost otherwise complete Fleischer Rarities set. One of the coolest items we’ve found (at least to me…), a “Traveltoon”.
It’s a short post today, but here’s a better copy of a Lantz commercial short that should be seen – especially if you haven’t!
A question I get pretty frequently is ‘How do you make one of those DVDs?’ Here’s a handy little guide to what I do.
While isn’t unusual for cartoon characters to show up in an internet Meme, what is unusual is for a Terrytoon (of any kind) to show up in one.
Here’s a few animated music videos that are a little less seen. Some of these have some nicely executed animation, while others don’t quite get there – but each is an interesting watch.
Not that these have a chance of coming out this year, but here are my picks. What cartoons are high on your ‘wanted’ list? And which ones would you like to see Thunderbean do?
Since it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and that usually involves Times Square, here is a little animation done by Otto Mesmer exclusively shown on billboards on Broadway back in the 50s.
Long before the Columbia Screen Gems studio produced their lavish “Little Match Girl”, they made an earlier black & white version with their star character – Scrappy.