The Van Beuren “Aesop’s Fables, Volume 1” Blu-ray is here!
I’ve always loved the Van Beuren shorts and I have to wonder what working on these cartoons was actually like.
Flights of Fancy (Part 23): Off Into the Sunset
Today, we’ll explore aviation in the last round of regular series theatrical cartoons – well past the Golden Age.
Max and Dave: Popeye 1934-35: From Stren’th to Stren’th
Some feel the Popeye cartoons may have been formula, but the public was eating it up, like so many spinach rolls.
The Animation History Bibliography
Today we launch a new section of our website, a resource for all our readers.
“The Rescuers” That Almost Was
For many Disney animation fans, this 1977 feature is considered a neglected favorite that receives little attention, affection and documentation.
The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1 Blu-ray – and a Sneak Peek of Two Lost Cartoons
It’s really fun to see a Betty Boop you’ve never seen before, and today you’ll see clips from two.
Flights of Fancy (Part 22): Here, There, In the Air
More aviation material today from the waning days of the theatrical cartoon.
Picture “Purr”-fect: The 25th Anniversary of “Cats Don’t Dance”
Sadly, when it was released twenty-five years ago, the film became a casualty of a studio merger and arrived with almost no marketing fanfare behind it.
New York Animation: A Tour of Bray Studios – Part 1
Bray Studios came into existence in 1913, the year which kicked off the animation industry in this good old U.S. of A.
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]
