A Look at the Music Behind Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Having worked with Tim Burton on five previous films prior to The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman found this collaboration to be even easier than the rest.
Disney’s Never Made “Hiawatha” Animated Feature
“One theme that kept haunting Walt was the story of Hiawatha,” said Frank Thomas. “He kept bringing it up over the years, trying to find the right way to do something with it.”
An Archivist’s Dream: Eshbaugh’s Technicolor “The Wizard Of Oz”(1933)
Pondering Ted Eshbaugh’s Technicolor “Wizard of Oz” short, and the interesting history behind its creation.
We, Robots! – Part 2: The 30’s – Of Title Bouts and Technocrats
The earliest cartoon robot man appears in the Van Buren Aesop’s Fable talkie The Iron Man. Here’s a survey of all robot men in the 1930s.
Merrie Tunes and Looney Melodies: Bosko Carries On!
The initial 1930-31 Looney Tunes were doing respectably well in the marketplace, as they continued to plug songs from Warner Bros. various publishing companies.
“Dog Gone South” (1950)
An especially unique aspect of Chuck Jones’s Dog Gone South is its complete absence of African American characters.
Mickey Mouse in “Plight of the Bumblebee”
The Plight of the Bumblebee was a nearly completed Mickey Mouse cartoon from 1951. Director Jack Kinney called it “The best Mickey never finished.”
Kinex Studios “The Early Bird and the Worm” (1928)
The Early Bird and the Worm was one of the hardest to find of the Kinex films. It uses combined drawn animation with the stop motion, making this particular short even more unusual.
We, Robots!: Part 1 – The 20’s and 30’s – Animal Automatons
A favorite turf for early animators was to fill a farm with scads of funny animals. So why not adapt it to include funny animal robots too?
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and Blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is currently on the faculty of CalArts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
