Thunderbean News and “The Family Shoe” (1931)
I like a lot of things about this scrappy little cartoon. It’s exuberance in simple design and execution makes it hard to not smile while watching.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day with “The Wee Men” (1948)
I was wondering if we had shown this before near St. Patrick’s day before, but I guess we didn’t. So here it is!
In your opinion, what is the worst golden age cartoon? Mine is “Dumb Like a Fox” (1941)
Honestly, this film is awful.
Cubby Bear in “The Last Mail” (1933)
The third film in the Cubby series, Mannie Davis gets the sole credit on the film. My guess is that Davis, as director, was also the lead animator.
Mighty Mouse in “Hansel and Gretel”
While Hansel and Gretel is pretty standard Terrytoons stuff, it does show off some of the best qualities of the studio: beautiful backgrounds and entertaining animation.
Van Beuren’s “Old Hokum Bucket” (1931)
Van Beuren proves that if a cartoon is cute enough you can have drugs and death go unnoticed.
UPA’s “Trees and Jamaica Daddy” (1957)
The UPA Ham and Hattie shorts are unique in theatrical cartoon history since they are composed of two seemingly unrelated musical shorts.
Walter Lantz “Red Riding Hoodlum” (1957)
IB Tech makes pretty good cartoons great and not-so-great cartoons much more tolerable and sometimes even good.
Scrappy in “The Concert Kid” (1934)
As a teenager, I remember watching this print over and over, and showing it to friends as well. Now I show it to you.
Nitrate Technicolor Cartoons are Beautiful: Little Lulu in “Loose in the Caboose”
The timing, gags with a jazzy score keep this cartoon moving right along in this 35mm print.
