In His Own Words: Walt Disney on Peter Pan
You never know what you might find in obscure, forgotten magazines. Here’s something I found.
“A Lad and His Lamp” (c. 1947 reissue of silent Aesop’s Fable)
Forget “The Fablemans” – We want more Fabletoons! Full of “worldly animals”, this was an attempt to add sound to Paul Terry’s silent films.
We, Robots! (Part 17): There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow?
This week, we return to elements from the heyday of the Disney Afternoon and concurrent Saturday morning telecasting, for more robotic adventures.
“Snow White” and the Seven Labels, Part 1
Saluting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released nationwide in February 1938, here’s the first of two looks at adaptations on records.
Rev Chaney: Snapshots From Termite Terrace 1938
Today, a Photo Post – featuring a group of just discovered snapshots of a few of our favorite animators from the Leon Schlesinger studio.
In His Own Words: Mike Gabriel on Pocahontas
Excerpts from a 1995 interview with Pocahontas co-director Mike Gabriel that hasn’t been seen in twenty-seven years.
The ‘Cultoons’ Series turns 35— and Finally Comes to Blu-ray!
Here’s some of my own personal favorites that showed up on those sets.
We, Robots! (Part 16) : Clanking Cat-astrophes and Tooney Terrors
Focus this week is on two studios who more or less got in on the ground floor of the 80’s-90’s animation resurgence.
The Betty Boop Girl on Record
A special supplement to wrap up the Fleischers, on the recorded work of our favorite Valentine, Mae Questel, on records.
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]
