Flights of Fancy (Part 6): A Heavy Payload
We’ll wrap up the 1930’s this week, with another barrage of cartoons about flight, both for fun and for profit.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1933
The depression continued on, but seemed more bearable with the reappearance of beer. Betty Boop’s campaign promise from her run for president had finally come to pass.
Where Are These Toons?
Recognize these guys? They are among the missing. A Suspended Animation Special.
Cliff Edwards
Once cast as Jiminy Cricket, Walt said that Edwards’ smooth, upbeat performance was “so much fun we altered the character to conform with the voice.”
Nitrate Technicolor Cartoons are Beautiful: Little Lulu in “Loose in the Caboose”
The timing, gags with a jazzy score keep this cartoon moving right along in this 35mm print.
Flights of Fancy (Part 5): When Pigs Fly
Another batch of aerial toons from the classic thirties.
Walt Disney’s “The Sword in the Stone” on Records
The last animated feature released during Walt’s lifetime resulted in two unusual LP albums, one very elaborate and the other running only 14 minutes!
Yearbooks #5 – USC (El Rodeo) 1942
This will be the first posting of a yearbook that received artwork directly from the Disney studio.
In His Own Words: Willis Pyle
Pyle worked at Disney and UPA and later enjoyed a long career as a freelance animator on such projects as Richard Williams’ Raggedy Ann and Andy.
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]
