Kinex Studios “Cinegraph Sweepstakes” (1930)
The broadcast on Turner Classic Movies was very nice – the Winsor McCay films with John Canemaker and the 100th anniversary of the Bray Studios with Tom Stathes were wonderful,…
Before McLaren: Canadian Animation in the Silent Film Era
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today we present something a little different – an academic paper recently presented at the Society for Animation Studies conference in Toronto this past June. I met its…
Filmation’s “Mission Magic” (1973)
A trip with Rick Springfield through the magic door to a land of bubblegum music and colorful ‘70s grooviosity.
Cooking With Boop! Fleischer Promo Art #19
“Some of the cartoons below may reflect the period in which they were made, when racial stereotypes and prejudices were commonplace. These were wrong then and wrong now, and do…
My Top Ten Anime Features – Continued (Part 5)
Fooled you! I am not through yet. Particularly since I have been encouraged to keep this topic going. Picking my Top Ten anime choices was a tough decision. I narrowed…
Eat, Drink, And Be Merry…
Nothing goes together like eating and watching television! Except maybe eating and showering. Some of you older folks might remember what a big deal it was to make a tray…
Animation Anecdotes #182
Celling Peanuts. “We used to throw the cels away (from the Peanuts specials),” stated animator and director Bill Melendez in 1995 at the height of the market for buying animation…
Van Beuren Cartoons on TCM
Editor’s Note: Due to a technical snafu, Steve Stanchfield’s segment on Van Beuren cartoons was accidentally omitted from Monday’s broadcast on TCM. It has been rescheduled to air on Sunday…
Bray Studios On TCM
It’s been a busy year of researching, collecting, archiving and publicly screening silent cartoons here at Stathes headquarters. New projects are in the works as well, and they have kept…
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]
