The Ghosts, The Martian and “Mary Poppins”
Two of Hollywood’s most prolific off-screen vocalists and the star of a beloved fantasy sitcom brought their talents to the Sherman Brothers’ Oscar winning score.
A Chat with Maurice Noble and Bob Givens
Here’s a surprising find – a cache of rare interviews, for an unfinished oral history project done for the Animation Guild by Martha Sigall, turned up in my quest for Golden Award Banquet materials.
Forgotten Anime #55: “The Abashiri Family” (1991)
Go Nagai’s The Abashiri Family was animated by Studio Pierrot as an OAV in 1991. More specifically, it was a series of four 20-minute OAVs, that were too violent and too much for children’s TV.
The Mouse and Sennett: Chasing a Lost Cootie
Mack Sennett envisioned a gag seen through binoculars for a 1928 feature film. The resulting effort became a legend of a story that saw Walter Lantz getting his first big break as an animator in Hollywood.
Animation Anecdotes #299
You can’t make this stuff up. In 1987, Filmation was actively promoting a new animated series called “Bravo!” about a group of round and furry characters called The Fuzzy Folks.
David Shepard (1940-2017)
On Tuesday, we all lost a giant in the preservation of film history: David Shepard. Here is just a little about how this one person’s life helped preserve the work of many filmmakers.
Walt Disney’s “Babes In The Woods” (1932)
Here’s the opening installment of what I’m calling “Fairy Tale February”! My initial entry looks at Disney’s first serious fairy tale adaptation in an early Silly Symphony.
Weird “Woody Woodpecker” Records
Take a look at two “studio cast” LP’s from the late 1950’s featuring Walter Lantz Car-Tune songs that filled out their track lists with previously released recordings.
The Second Annual Golden Awards Banquet, March 1, 1985: The Video, Part 2
Today we present the roll-call of the honorees, which were mostly presented in alphabetic order. As before, I have prepared some thumbnail bios of each.
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]
