Unpredictable as Weather (Part 40)
Put your umbrella’s away. Here is the final installment of this current series.
Van Beuren Music 1931
1931 was a busy year for Gene Rodemich, his orchestra, and the ever-increasing use of a male quartet.
Early Andy Panda in Comics
To celebrate the new year, I thought it would be worth spending our day off perusing the early comic book exploits of this Walter Lantz favorite.
Live Like a King: The 60th Anniversary of “The Sword in the Stone”
The film first surfaced as a project at Disney in 1939, when the Studio first purchased rights to the T.H. White’s books.
A Workprint of ‘Sweet Tooth Sam’ (1957)
Wishing everyone a happy new year with a workprint of a Terrytoon ‘Tom Terrific’ classic.
Unpredictable As Weather (Part 39)
A potpourri of selected weather cartoons from various studios, as we attempt to wrap up the subject as to cartoons produced for television.
“Steamboat Willie” and the Importance of the Public Domain
Congratulations! We now all own a historic Mickey Mouse cartoon.
Van Beuren Tom and Jerry (Part 4): “The Magic Mummy”
Wrapping up this year with two shorts, including a personal favorite of mine.
They’re In Good Spirits: The 40th Anniversary of “Mickey’s Christmas Carol”
The animated featurette was made at a challenging time for the Walt Disney Studios – when they needed a hit.
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]
