A decade-old pseudo-hillbilly novelty song, written by Al Cameron and Ted Weems. Weems had been leading a dance orchestra for almost fifteen years when he penned this tune.
“The magic of Disney animation is created here, every day, by a staff of over eighty talents artists and technicians who are producing new featurettes, starring classic Disney characters, for theatrical and cable release.”
There is a poster on the wall, as Roger Rabbit runs through a sawmill, of a buxom, bikini-clad woman straddling an oversize saw — and the words: “Rigid Tools”.
I thought it might be a good week to show a couple of prints that, for the most part, will *not* be on the Rainbow Parades set.
This week’s post profiles Norm McCabe, an overlooked figure who worked in a long, varied career in animation, as you will see here.
In an unusual (and very popular) audio adaptation of a Disney animated feature, the voice of Cinderella was Snow White and Maleficent was the Wicked Queen…?
Our weekly look at a slice of life at the Warner Bros. Cartoon studio – this week circa 1957 – where note is made of “exceptional” cartoons like What’s Opera Doc? and Three Little Bops.
A look at the individual songs – and how they were covered – from Disney’s Make Mine Music, one of the best package films from the mid-40s.
Walt never wanted to make shorts using The Seven Dwarfs – but he made one exception: a public service educational film, part of the good neighbor effort, to help curb the spread of malaria.
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]
