Brazilian Pop In “The Three Caballeros”
The Brazilian tunes featured in The Three Caballeros were mainly part of Brazil’s “Tin Pan Alley” – published “popular” songs, sometimes taken from revues or other stage presentations.
Telling the ‘TeleTale’ of Network TV’s first “Cartoon” series
Cartoon TeleTales, network television’s first “cartoon” series, wasn’t actually ‘animated’ – but it achieved hundreds of thousands of viewers during its broadcasts in 1948-1950.
Animation Anecdotes #362
In 1993, it was announced in the trades that Betty Boop would make her animated feature film debut for MGM by the Zanuck Company – but the film was never made.
Re-assembling ‘Rainbows’ for Blu-ray
Here’s a sort of half progress report and some idea of how the little details of one of the Thunderbean sets come together.
More Lost ‘Looney Tunes’ Title Cues
Here’s the second installment in a series on music cues used by Carl Stalling under the original main title sequences for Warner Bros. cartoons only seen in re-issue prints.
Happy 105th Birthday, Disney Legend Tutti Camarata!
The innovations of the pioneering Disney Music Group composer/conductor, who would have been 105 this Friday May 11th, still influence every groove, disc and download.
Warner Club News (1956) – Part 1
Receiving the Oscar in March 1956, “Speedy Gonzales” won for best cartoon short of 1955 – and here are some clues on how it and why it was submitted.
The Terrific Times Of The ‘Tico-Tico’
As all Disney-fans know, another song was interpolated into the “Aquarela do Brasil” number in Saludos Amigos. That song was known in Brazil as “Tico-Tico No Fuba”.
The Censored 11: “Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears” (1944)
The most recent of the Censored Eleven cartoons from Warner Brothers – and the only film among the eleven to have been produced by Eddie Selzer.
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]
