Back to School (Part 6)
This week, a mix of musical styles, celebrity impersonations and cameos, considerably more palatable than Paul Terry’s “Aesop’s sugar coated pills of wisdom”.
1931-32 Talkartoons: Give Us More Betty!
It was becoming clear that Betty Boop was the star of the Talkartoon series. I wonder how much of a surprise this was to Max and Dave.
Remembering My Chat With David DePatie
I interviewed the late David DePatie 25 years ago and I asked him about his theatrical cartoons – and especially about the ethnic humor in much of it.
In Their Own Words: Glen Keane and Vincent Price on Ratigan
In Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective, Basil’s nemesis is the evil genius Ratigan “the Napoleon of crime”.
Terrytoons “What a Night” (1935)
This cartoon is literally a nightmare, culminating with Farmer Al being chased underwater by a cow-looking fish serpent!
Back to School (Part 5)
In the spirit of exploration, higher learning gets turned on its ear with a round of experimental concepts, with unusual and sometimes daring visual modes, bordering on the surreal.
Filmation’s “Groovie Goolies” on Records
What’s a Halloween party without Saturday morning’s primo cartoon pop band? Here are the gory details behind their monster hits.
The Long Afterlife of The Nightmare Before Christmas
Like a plane lifting off the runway, Nightmare eventually soared to the heavens, going from cult status to a mainstream holiday classic and merchandising juggernaut.
The Animated “Little Prince” That Never Was
Orson Welles and Hugh Harman tried to bring The Little Prince to the screen. Here’s what happened – or didn’t happen.
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]
