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Some things you may not know about film, why things are the way they are, and why film continues to be so important! Perhaps the one most important thing to…
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
What WAS the Cartoon with THAT scene?
I’m sure you cartoony people are used to answering the question that starts like this: “I heard you know a lot about cartoons. I saw this one cartoon as a…
A Thunderbean Halloween
So, Halloween has gotta be the cartoon lover’s favorite holiday, at least for all the weird animated films that either have Halloween themes. We seriously could put a link to…
Paul Terry’s “Popcorn” (1931)
Early Terrytoons are a lot of fun… and here’s a little ‘Popcorn’ to go with that statement! I really wish we each had a little cinema down the street from…
Castle Films and Kiko The Kangaroo
This week I’ve uploaded a neat curio: A Castle Films promotional film from 1943, featuring Eugene Castle himself and radio-and-movie star Lew Lehr. It’s an odd little promotional film, but…
Kinex Studios “Cinegraph Sweepstakes” (1930)
The broadcast on Turner Classic Movies was very nice – the Winsor McCay films with John Canemaker and the 100th anniversary of the Bray Studios with Tom Stathes were wonderful,…
Van Beuren Cartoons on TCM
Editor’s Note: Due to a technical snafu, Steve Stanchfield’s segment on Van Beuren cartoons was accidentally omitted from Monday’s broadcast on TCM. It has been rescheduled to air on Sunday…
My Visit To Turner Classic Movies
I think that I’m *finally*coming to the end of the ‘extremely busy’ period here, at least for a little while. As I look around at all the things I’ve dropped,…
“Goofy Gus and his Omnibus” (1934)
It’s been a fascinating week here at Thunderbean. I’m back from a trip to New York (more about that soon) and working on some new revisions and cleanup. Here’s a…
“Japanese Lanterns” (1935) and “The Three Bears” (1939)
A short one this week, but a few fun cartoons to tide us over! Japanese Lanterns (1935) is maybe the hardest to see of the Van Beuren ‘Rainbow Parade‘ cartoons….
