Coronet Films “The Littlest Angel” (1950)
This short was a collaboration between Hugh Harman Productions and Coronet’s in-house staff. Coronet distributed this film for many years in 16mm for the educational film market in beautiful Kodachrome.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Columbia’s Color Rhapsody “The Little Match Girl” (1937)
Columbia’s best shot at actually winning an Oscar was when ‘The Little Match Girl’ received a nomination in 1937. Directed by Art Davis, this adaptation is surprisingly poignant.
Yuletide Flickers!
The idea of “Yuletide Flickers” was to have a collection that resembled both holiday shows at movie theaters and the home movie experiences of the past.
Thunderbean Status Report and “Hector’s Hectic Life!” (1948)
Hector’s Hectic Life is an often seen public domain holiday cartoon, but not often in a good condition copy with decent color. Here’s a cleaned up version to start off the Christmas cartoon season.
The Thanksgiving Playlist
However you celebrate Thanksgiving as a big cartoon fan, it’s always good to have a basic play list of Thanksgiving toons at your fingertips. Here’s mine.
“Christmas Flickers” pre-order – and “The Sunshine Makers” in HD!
Since the election news has been a pretty exhausting for many this week, I thought a little bit of Sunshine couldn’t possibly be a bad thing.
Cartoon Characters for President!
This is as political as I think we ever need to get here at Cartoon Research, but have you ever considered how many cartoon characters that have “run” for President?
Halloween Haunts: Flip the Frog in “Spooks” (1932)
Grim Natwick seems to carry a lot of the animation on this short, and his well-drawn poses on the skeleton man are some of my favorites in this cartoon.
Thunderbean Report and Chris Buchman on ‘Grotesqueries’
It’s no longer a secret. Our revised and expanded special edition of Grotesqueries is in progress with an expected unveiling late August or early September 2017.
Halloween Rarities Special Set – and “Old Manor House” (1948)
Since it’s the season, I’ve put together a ’Special’ (but really “unofficial”) Thunderbean set of Spooky Cartoons called “Halloween Rarities”. It’s a Blu-ray that includes Toby the Pup in Halloween.
