“Hallowe’en” (1931) with Toby the Pup!
The Toby the Pup cartoons have been high on my list of wants ever since I saw an article by Jerry Beck in Movie Collector’s World (back in 1981!)
The Other Disney Cartoons: “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo”
Composed by Carl Stalling for the 1929 short Mickey’s Follies – “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo” was the Disney studio’s first original song.
Walt Disney’s “Melody” and “Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom” on Records
The two-film “cartoon modern” series, sporting projection innovations of their day, were united on one Disneyland album as well as scattered among various individual releases.
The Exposure Sheet #17 & #18
This week we see brief bios for animators Rudy Larriva, Lloyd Vaughn, Warren Batchelder and Keith Darling – and opinions on Inki from historian William K. Everson in 1963!
If The Slipper Fits…
Five new songs wound up in Disney’s Cinderella. Of the five, one was virtually ignored by Tin Pan Alley. Two others received decidedly short shrift.
Puppetoons and Jasper – part 2
In 1943 Paramount Pictures realized that it had a popular hit character in producer/director George Pal’s animated African American figure “Jasper”.
Animation Anecdotes #387
“Even when I was very small, I used to dream of one day creating characters. Once, I saw a Disney film and I used to dream that one day my characters might be up there.”
A Light At The End of the Many Blu-ray Tunnels
A Boy and His Dog is one of my all time favorites of the Color Rhapsodies series. It’s both beautiful and incredibly cheesy at times, with a cringeworthy little boy
Animator Profiles: ARTHUR DAVIS
We’ve saved the best for last day of the month – an overview of the vast career of animator/director Arthur “Art” Davis, a favorite among many of us.
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]
