Unsquashing Betty Boop
There is a lot to say about Olive Films’ Betty Boop: The Essential Collection Vol. 1. From just a cursory glance, the selection of films is something you’d expect to…
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BOOK REVIEW: “Arthurian Animation”
The mere thought of the King Arthur legend, of the knighthood, chivalry, and magic of it, never fails to bring to mind rich personalities and landscapes, and has thus had…
Report from Toronto: Taafi 2013
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International’s second year commenced last weekend. From what little I was able to gleam (I’m relocating to the New York City area next week, so…
Animator’s Draft: “The Windblown Hare” (1949)
I’ve rather missed going into detail identifying animators and their scenes like I did when I originally began blogging seven years ago. Unfortunately, I’ve learned since then that you can’t…
The Clampett-Freberg-Lorre Connection
As Bob Clampett’s reign at Warner Brothers Cartoons was coming to an end in the first half of 1945, a young, very talented man was brought in to do voices….
Pianist Envy
I missed posting this in time for Oscar night, but rather than talk about Seth MacFarlane’s performance, let’s turn back the clock to another historic Oscar controversy… It was once…
