Footrot Flats: The Dog’s (Tail) Tale
Regarded as a New Zealand animated feature film, it was entirely animated in Sydney, Australia by director, Robbert Smit.
The Unique Mighty Mouse Theme Song in “The Perils of Pearl Pureheart” (1949)
… and this week’s question: what ‘missing’ piece of a cartoon was a revelation for you?
Hit the Beach (Part 2)
As one of literature’s most famous beach dwellers was Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe”, Hollywood animators had a field day adapting his exploits in cartoons.
Special! Animation Spin Cartoon Wedding Edition
Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Archie, Betty and Veronica get tied up in nuptial knots through the magic of “sound animation.”
Cutting Into the Mickey Mouse Pocket Knife
Back in the 1930s, Mickey Mouse pocket knives were sold by the dozen wholesale to retail establishments.
Don Bluth’s “Xanadu”
The first work of the newly established Don Bluth Studio that public saw was the two minute musical sequence in the feature film “Xanadu” (1980).
Thunderbean Thursday: It’s all Greek (Spanish!) to Me!
One of the films that I scanned recently was a German titled print the Flip the Frog cartoon “Bulloney” with a very cool title card.
Hit the Beach (Part 1)
Let’s see how our favorite characters tackle the hazards of sunburn, out of control tides, attacking sea creatures, or merely trying to hold on to a picnic lunch.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1930 – They Still Want Us at Paramount
Even though many businesses were realizing that times were getting hard, this may not have been the case at the Max Fleischer studio.
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 Cal Arts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
