A Foray into Foray – and “Scrappy’s Expedition” (1934)
Scrappy’s Expedition was one of the first Scrappy’s I ever saw – though many of the Hollywood caricatures are unrecognizable to young people these days.
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“Raggedy Ann and Andy” at BAM – and The Ongoing Hunt for Original Titles
Happy late July folks. It’s Thunderbean Thursday on a Friday this week, due to the loss of June Foray. I want to thank Jim Korkis for trading places with me…
Scrappy in “The Battle of the Barn” (1932)
Love this cartoon – and from a technical standpoint, is full of well staged shots, including some really fun moving backgrounds.
Why Restore? Why Even Save Any of This?
I wanted to talk a little bit this week about film restoration relating to this exact moment in time and history. What to preserve, why these ones first, and what is the best way to do it?
“Cartoons to the Rescue” – and Memories of Watching Animation in the 70s.
The 70s for me were filled with watching Popeye, Looney Tunes, lots of Saturday morning… and “Time for Timer”!
Emery Hawkins Greedy animation from “Raggedy Ann and Andy”
The Greedy sequence was largely the work of genius animator Emery Hawkins, and its a marvel of interesting timing, funny visual ideas and funny drawing.
Favorite Animation in Live Action Films
What are your favorite animation sequences in live action films from the Golden Age of Hollywood? Here’s a list of mine.
New Stop-Motion Marvels and “Cheers For Chubby”
I have to admit that one of the reasons I really wanted to do a stop motion set, was to gather all the strangest, odd-ball puppet animation shorts together in one place!
Updates, “Flip” Animated Kickstarter and “Rainbow Parade” Pre-Order!
Summer has me longingly looking outside and taking little breaks as I attempt to catch up with everything here! I’ve been lucky to have a good crew the last handful…
Oswald Rabbit in “The Keeper of the Lions” (1937)
I’ve always liked this cartoon, where somehow Oswald’s lip-sync didn’t manage to get on the exposure sheets – or for some other reason wasn’t animated.
