Back to School (Part 1)
Like it or not, the nation faces a return, after a long hiatus, to a tradition as old as the hills – face to face, classroom education.
Tubby the Tuba: 80 Years of Music & Animation History
A lonely tuba’s storied rise from one low-budget record to a star-studded history of award-winning fame and game-changing entertainment.
“GUESS WHO??” Voice Artists in the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons
To accompany this important release I would like to provide a guide to the often obscure actors heard as voices in Walter Lantz cartoons represented in this collection.
The Art of the Pink Panther Movie Titles
The Pink Panther is perhaps the only cartoon character based on elegance and “style” and one of the few theatrical cartoon stars to be created after the 1950s.
Reconstructing a Silent Cartoon “Reunion” (1922)
I’d like to give you a behind-the-scenes look at one of the films that I currently have in the restoration pipeline.
Hit the Beach (Part 12)
The season for the beach bug migration is rapidly coming to a close, despite several remaining beach cartoons yet to be discussed.
Talkartoons 1931: Do It Or Die
By the end of this season, both Bimbo and Betty were getting occasional screen credit, which indicates they were both becoming attractive to exhibitors.
Popeye’s 65th TV Anniversary
It was sixty five years ago this month the Popeye theatrical films made their national television debut in 1956. Let’s Celebrake!
The Jack Hannah Filmography at Walter Lantz
As a follow up to my recent post on Jack Hannah at Lantz, here’s a listing of his theatrical shorts for that studio.
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]
