Animator Profiles: Burt Gillett
This month will feature a series of profiles on different figures from the Golden Age of animation that merit further analysis. This week: Burt Gillett.
Bob Kane’s “Courageous Cat & Minute Mouse” on Records
The bargain basement Batman-like superhero from the “Wonderful World” of Sam Singer came to vinyl with an album-length comedy adventure made just for records.
The Exposure Sheet – Volumes #7 and #8
Two more madcap editions of The Exposure Sheet, the official in-house newsletter of Termite Terrace circa May 1939.
More Pecos Bill: Yippie-I-Yay-Ky-Yay!
Roy Rogers was not the only artist to sing of Pecos Bill – but, thanks to Walt Disney, the legendary western character and the “King of the Cowboys” will be forever linked.
Disney, ABC… and Segregation
In the 1950s Walt Disney agreed to produce the Disneyland television series for ABC – and whenever Disney released a new film, he often arranged for an ABC-Paramount theatre to premiere it.
Animation Anecdotes #382
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton said, “Adults will have something to chew on in Beauty and the Beast. That’s why animated films are so interesting to make.
Flip the Frog Restored: “A Chinaman’s Chance” (1932)
As a special treat this week, here is the first restoration we’ve made public: the *almost* finished clean up of A Chinaman’s Chance (1932), with the Celebrity Pictures titles.
Animating on Times Square: Douglas Leigh and Otto Messmer
This week in Mark Kausler’s closet we found a real piece of gold: a vintage reel of Otto Messmer animation that was originally shown as animated lights in Times Square.
“The Disney Afternoon” on Records – Part 1: The Music
The two-hour Walt Disney TV Animation programming block was introduced to syndication in 1990, bringing three existing series, a premiere and a new album.
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]
