Sing Me A Cartoon 3: More Mickey Mouse
By 1929, the Mickey Mouse shorts had attained a theme song – a deliberately corny, purposefully rustic opus called “Minnie’s Yoo-Hoo”.
“Bearly” a Star: A Tribute To Disney’s Humphrey the Bear
While he may not have the marquee value of Mickey, Humphrey holds a special place for Disney and animation fans alike.
Animation Anecdotes #324
“You would probably never see Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones cast as brothers in a live-action film… but this is animation.”
Why Restore? Why Even Save Any of This?
I wanted to talk a little bit this week about film restoration relating to this exact moment in time and history. What to preserve, why these ones first, and what is the best way to do it?
MGM’s Happy Harmony “Honeyland” (1935)
In this weeks breakdown, well see whats the buzz is all about in this Harman-Ising Happy Harmonies cartoon!
Decca Celebrates Walt’s “Disneyland” on Records
Here are two vintage LP collections of great songs to commemorate the birthday of Walt Disney’s original theme park in Anaheim, which has a birthday next Monday.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1960
An incredible mix at this years screening: foreign films, independent animation, studio shorts (some of which cross the border into the realm of TV cartoons).
Sing Me A Cartoon 2: Mickey Mouse at the start
By the end of 1929, the Mickey Mouse cartoons were enormously popular, not only with the general public, but with high-falutin’ film critics …and song-writers.
When a Lost Oswald Cartoon is Found, the Restoration Process Begins
When a lost Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon is found, either full or partial, that’s when the real work begins with restoration and preservation.
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]
