Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1957
This year’s Oscar snubs include an independent film from John Hubley, new wave Terrytoons from Gene Deitch, a few last gasps from UPA… and What’s Opera Doc.
Cab Calloway in Cartoons – Part 2
Cab Calloway could enliven a movie–whether feature-length or a musical or cartoon short–with the same energy he displayed on stage.
Disney Without Mickey Mouse? It Could Have Happened in 1928
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Walt Disney’s first big success – until he lost the contract and that prompted him to create Mickey Mouse; and the Rest is History!
Animation Anecdotes #318
Jean Vander Pyl remembers The Flinstones audition.” Joe asked, ‘Who wants to be Wilma and who wants to be Betty?’ it was so informal in those days.”
New Stop-Motion Marvels and “Cheers For Chubby”
I have to admit that one of the reasons I really wanted to do a stop motion set, was to gather all the strangest, odd-ball puppet animation shorts together in one place!
MOONLIGHTING ANIMATORS IN COMICS: Bob Wickersham
This week’s moonlighting animator in comics is animator and director Bob Wickersham. I hope this column will offer the most extensive information on him, as of this writing.
“The Incredible Mr. Limpet” – and Another Disney ‘Mermaid’ – on Records
Finny June fun with Don Knotts and Thurl Ravenscroft – plus a Disney mermaid who made her splash on Disneyland Records… 20 years before Ariel.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1956
Sorry Disney, Warners, Lantz and MGM. If you were UPA this year – you got nominated. Everyone else: Not Nominated!
Hi-De-Ho: Cab Calloway and Cartoons – Part 1
As most of us know, Cab Calloway did three shorts for Max Fleischer. They are familiar–old friends–to many of us animation buffs.
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]
