Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 1)
Today we begin a series on the best of toon festivities through the years, in remembrance of when we, too, could sometimes cut loose as wildly as they can.
Today we begin a series on the best of toon festivities through the years, in remembrance of when we, too, could sometimes cut loose as wildly as they can.
The animation connections – including those personally approved by Walt Disney—are part of what makes the 1934 Laurel and Hardy version of the musical fantasy so unique.
Leon Schlesinger’s studio contribution to the war-effort, contained in the monthly “Army-Navy Screen Magazine”, was Private Snafu -the quintessential Army screw-up.
It’s been an extended journey and now its time for our traveling toons to finally come home.
There were only a dozen Looney Tunes cartoons produced this season… and some of those were now released in Technicolor.
In this week’s installment, the non-Mickey elite of rodentdom get into the travel craze, finding there’s more to the world than the inside of a mousehole.
1941 would of course be an eventful year for the United States, but through it all, toons still found time to get away from the pressures of the world.
These notes, a written overview of Harrison’s career, provide a vast insight into an important but unsung figure who appears never to have been formally interviewed otherwise.
By the end of this season, there were not only occasional references to the ongoing conflict, but entire cartoons inspired by it.
The craze of toons for trailers continues, possibly hitting its ultimate expression herein.