Ub Iwerks in the 1930s
Another busy week here at Thunderbean. A final master for two titles went out today, with another in the coming week. All told four titles are in the process of…
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A Thunderbean Thanksgiving
Welcome to a Thunderbean Thanksgiving Thursday: Where today we are being thankful for animation, and all the supporters of this odd-love of ours. I hope you are enjoying Thanksgiving day,…
Comparison Study: “Toy Time” and “Silvery Moon”
It’s been a bonus features sort of week here, working nearly around the clock. As I’m gathering and compiling materials for bonus features on some of the new DVDs, I…
The Genius of Les Elton
It’s a short one today folks… I’m over at Jerry Beck’s house, here in California for the CTN Expo with some of the animation students from the school I teach…
Work-In-Progress: Restoring Eshbaugh Films in Color
These have been busy weeks at Thunderbean. There are four dvd or BluRay sets wrapping up at close to the same time – One finished entirely now, The Fleischer Classics…
Halloween!! How about a few Midnight Frolics?
I’m a big fan of the Columbia Rhapsodies produced by the UB Iwerks Studio. They are odd films, but then again, so many of the cartoons Columbia produced were odd….
A Spooky Thunderbean Thursday: “Night on Bald Mountain” (1933)
Alexeieff and Parker’s Night on Bald Mountain (1933) remains one of the most unusual and unique looking animated films ever created. While visualizations of music have always been a popular…
“Rhapsody Of Steel” (with Time Code!)
I’ll be brief this week, folks – it’s super busy here, working around the clock to finish up the cartoon film shows for the Detroit Institute of Arts that coincide…
“Once Upon A Time” (1936)
“Are you a REAL Driver?” You have to give Metropolitan life insurance some credit for trying. In 1936, they hired Audio Productions to make an animated film on driver safety,…
“How Animated Cartoons are Made” (1919)
In honor of the opening of Watch Me Move, an exhibit celebrating animated films that starts today at the Detroit Institute of Arts, here is How Animated Cartoons are Made,…
