“Cave of the Wobbly Wizard” (1929)
Some quick updates from the land of the Thunderbeans: • Technicolor Dreams and B/W Nightmares is chugging along. We hope to have a master in the next few weeks. •…
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“Old MacDonald Had A Farm” (1945) with the Original Titles!
Today on Thunderbean Thursday: The Lure of “Noveltoons” (and the farmer that must not be named). I have to admit: I was never into the Paramount’s Noveltoons or Screen Songs…
Mugzee in “Buzz Saws and Dynamite”
I just got back from transferring this week’s film… …and it’s my new favorite bizarre obscure animated short. My friend Ken Preibe had wanted to see this short for years…
“Dolly Daisy in Hearts and Flowers” (1930)
I’m back to my Thursday postings this week – but first an update: The Gulliver Travels BluRay is finally coming back next week from replication, ending the longest Thunderbean wait…
Michael Sporn Remembered: His Interview With Jack Mercer
I was shocked to hear of Mike Sporn’s passing on Sunday. He has left us much too soon, but not without making an amazing mark in the history of animation….
“PM Picnic” (1948)
“PM is pleasing millions with it’s clear, clean taste.” I had a post a while back that was about Alcohol in cartoons- I should have included this back then, but…
A Visit to “Scrappy’s Art Gallery” (1934)
I hope that sooner-than-later the Scrappy cartoons are released on DVD or BluRay. They remain some of the hardest of series to see, along with the Krazy Kat’s produced by…
Cartoons Of Christmas Past
Today: The last vestige of Christmas Cartoons before putting them away for the year. Many years back, the landlord for the house we were renting stopped over just a week…
Mid Century Modern, Volume 2: “Look Who’s Driving”
Somehow a majority of the projects from this year seem to be wrapping up at the same time. On the new titles news, the Gulliver’s Travels BluRay is off to…
A Kolortone Cartoon: “An Egyptian Gyp”
A short blog post this week, but I’ll make up for it with next week’s entry – really! These last handful of months have been easily the busiest days I’ve…
