Winsor McCay’s “The Sinking of The Alpena”
Long before McCay’s famous “Sinking of The Lusitania” cartoon, another ship went down that started his professional career.
Animation Anecdotes #327
“I think it’s my best animation because it was the most imaginative, and broke a lot of rules, shocked everyone here (at Disney),” said Ward Kimball.
Scrappy in “Minding the Baby” (1931)
At the risk of this seeming like ‘Scrappy Thursday’, here’s another Columbia this week, and an interesting and really fun one.
MOONLIGHTING ANIMATION ARTISTS IN COMICS: Anton “Tony” Loeb
In the final installment of this month’s feature, our featured artist is background artist and illustrator Anton Loeb!
Roy E. Disney’s “Bambi” Storyteller Record
One of the earliest titles in the Disneyland Records series of book and record album sets was the story of Bambi with songs from the film and a script written by Roy Jr.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1966
Only nine cartoons were qualified and screened for nomination in 1966. But what an interesting mix of Hollywood theatricals, quirky independents and superb international shorts.
Sing Me A Cartoon #7 – Disney Finds A Gold Mine
“Walt Disney, in his new Silly Symphony in color, has contributed a musical jingle that bids fair to take this town — and country — by storm…”
The Firehouse Five Plus Two
Once upon a time, a group of Disney animators, writers and musicians who loved jazz and collected records were all of a sudden, the toast of the music world.
Animation Anecdotes #326
“I wasn’t recognized on the street. But if I wanted to appear famous, I could just tell people I was Wilma Flintstone,” said voice actress Jean Vander Pyl.
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]
