The Little King in “Art for Art’s Sake” (1934)
Van Beuren’s The Little King cartoons are always a nice surprise. I just watched my old 16mm print of this tonight and smiled throughout.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
From “Abbott & Costello” to “Insect to Injury”
I’m always impressed when I see a Famous Studios cartoon in 35mm Technicolor. Insect to Injury is worth taking a second look at. While not the top of the 50s Popeyes, it’s still a lot of fun.
Putting the Texaco Billboard back into Fleischer’s ‘Hurry Doctor!’ (1931), “Screen Songs” Special Set and ‘The Fatal Note’ (1933)
And a handful of Paramount Screen Songs frame grabs!
Flip Negative Scans – and a Cartoon Curio: “The Family Album” (1930)
Produced by Audio Productions, while Paul Terry had his operation there, The Family Album is a sequel to the earlier Fleischer-made Finding His Voice.
Championing Orphan Films – One Frame At A Time
The Private Snafu cartoon “Going Home” (1944) was pulled from distribution because of its reference to a similar, then-in-progress, Atomic Bomb.
Scrappy in ‘The Wolf at the Door’ (1932)
Scrappy as a Canadian Mountie, who should be arrested for sending Oopy out in sub-zero weather – in what appears to be only a nightshirt.
Terrytoons Always Look Better in IB Technicolor
Here is a really fun Heckle and Jeckle short from 1951, looking as it should in beautiful IB Technicolor. I’m especially fond of some of the Jim Tyer sequences.
What Would Your ‘Amazing Race’ as a Cartoon Researcher Be?
Any resemblance this post and any real events is purely co-incidental. I thought it would be fun to think about the dream/goal films-to-find in a Amazing Race-type contest between die-hard Cartoon fans.
Original Titles, “Bridge Trouble” (Jam Handy, 1949) and “Happy New Year 1952”
Odds and Ends this week – like these frames from the only existing print with original titles of ‘Sunshine Makers’.
Robert Osborne; Thoughts on Preservation; and Noveltoons Coming to Blu-ray
I was saddened to hear this week of the passing of Robert Osborne. I was lucky enough to appear on TCM with Mr. Osborne and it was a wonderful experience.
