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Paramount Cartoons 1963-64
Animation History
November 2, 2015 posted by

Paramount Cartoons 1963-64

1963-64: Swifty and Shorty have been added to the theatrical release schedule. New Casper cartoons are on ABC. And Seymour Kneitel passes away.

Witch Crafty for Halloween, 1955
WALTER LANTZ ARCHIVE
October 31, 2015 posted by

Witch Crafty for Halloween, 1955

For Halloween, a cartoon that makes us SCREAM: it marks the moment when the Walter Lantz cartoons take a precipitous turn for the worse, commencing a nosedive from which they never recovered.

Disney’s “Trick or Treat” (1952)
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
October 30, 2015 posted by Jim Korkis

Disney’s “Trick or Treat” (1952)

Released 1952 and directed by Jack Hannah, the Donald Duck short “Trick or Treat” has become a annual holiday classic. Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about the film – but were too “scared” to ask!

“Puttin’ Out the Kitten” (1937)
THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
October 29, 2015 posted by

“Puttin’ Out the Kitten” (1937)

A favorite ‘Spooky’ cartoon – Scrappy is ‘Puttin’ Out the Kitten’ (1937). It’s one of my favorites, though I know over the years it’s probably confused more audiences as much as anything else.