Making Snafu Cartoons / First Motion Picture Unit / Redford Theatre Cartoon Festival
This week: Rare behind-the-scenes footage filmed during the production of a Snafu cartoon!
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Terrytoons’ “Red Hot Rhythm” (1937)
A Terrytoon break for some Red Hot Rhythm! This a fast paced 30’s Terrytoons, and I think a pretty enjoyable one – and one of the first ‘Kiko’ cartoons I bought as a young film collector.
“Puttin’ Out the Kitten” (1937)
A favorite ‘Spooky’ cartoon – Scrappy is ‘Puttin’ Out the Kitten’ (1937). It’s one of my favorites, though I know over the years it’s probably confused more audiences as much as anything else.
A Spooky Diversion: “The Case of the ‘Kangeroo’ (Kangaroo) Kid” (1963)
Today, from the “Sam Bassett, Hound for Hire” series. Produced in 1962 and ’63 by Australian Phil Davis, the scariest thing about the show was the animation was produced in Zagreb.
Halloween Continues: “Felix Dines And Pines” (1927)
For this week’s cartoon, I pulled “Felix Dines and Pines”, an especially weird entry in the great silent Felix the Cat series that qualifies quite nicely as a ‘spooky’ cartoon.
Halloween Cartoons Are Always Favorites!
While I know it’s not ‘quite’ Halloween yet, it does give me a good excuse to at least start putting up Halloween cartoon posts… and maybe I’ll do this all through the month.
“Willie Whopper” on Blu-ray/DVD – Finally Here and Shipping Now!
I’m happy to announce that the long awaited Blu-ray/DVD combo,”Ub Iwerks’ Willie Whopper” is finished and shipping this week! Here are the details.
A Nifty Reel of Shamus Culhane Commercials
Shamus Culhane Productions was one of many small outfits producing commercials in the early days of Television. Here an HD transfer of Culhane’s TV spots, sent around to ad agencies at the time.
Terrytoons’ “Pink Elephants” (1937)
Pink Elephants (1937) is one of my favorite Terrytoons of the late 30s. Funny drawings, wild animation, and Cab Calloway-inspired music. Check it out.
Pooch the Pup in “The Lumber Champ” (1933)
This week’s film, “The Lumber Champ” starring Pooch the Pup, has a really great series of bizarre and outlandish gags. The mid-30s Lantz shorts are beautifully animated, but I really miss the zaniness of these earlier films.
