Flights of Fancy (Part 23): Off Into the Sunset
Today, we’ll explore aviation in the last round of regular series theatrical cartoons – well past the Golden Age.
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Max and Dave: Popeye 1934-35: From Stren’th to Stren’th
Some feel the Popeye cartoons may have been formula, but the public was eating it up, like so many spinach rolls.
Flights of Fancy (Part 22): Here, There, In the Air
More aviation material today from the waning days of the theatrical cartoon.
New York Animation: A Tour of Bray Studios – Part 1
Bray Studios came into existence in 1913, the year which kicked off the animation industry in this good old U.S. of A.
Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1934-35
Exposed garters were out. Long dresses were the order of the day. And “hotcha” numbers gave way to preachy songs about tolerance and other life lessons.
Flights of Fancy (Part 18): “Up” To Their Old Tricks
Finishing the ‘40’s and into the 1950’s, as the early years of the new decade provide a mix of small and large parts for airplanes.
Flights of Fancy (Part 17) – Disturbing the Peace
We’ll cover more titles than usual this week, due to several containing only rather short sequences of direct relevance to these articles.
Flights of Fancy (Part 16): Beyond the Blue Horizon is a Rising Sun
A mixed bag for this wrap-up of the war years, still providing some education to the troops, but beginning to serve up laughs again for the civilian audience.
Flights of Fancy (Part 14): Air Cover and Cover-Ups
Wrapping up 1943 and moving into 1944, we find more “Situation Normal” for our airborne toons.
Max and Dave: The Code Breaks Betty
As of July 1st, 1934, all films had to submit to the Production Code and display the MPPDA seal. And yes, that applied to cartoons as well.
