Results for "Paramount Cartoons"

Cartoons In Stereo
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December 23, 2013 posted by

Cartoons In Stereo

Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! As my Christmas gift to you, I offer up an hour of great music from cartoons, inspired by animation, covered by other artists…

Screening Cartoons in 35mm
Animation History
August 12, 2013 posted by

Screening Cartoons in 35mm

I’ve advocated and endorsed screening classic cartoons in 35mm Technicolor for years. Though most of us grew up seeing these on TV (and the younger among us, through You Tube…

Paramount Cartoon Posters
Animation History
June 17, 2013 posted by

Paramount Cartoon Posters

Ahh… the Paramount cartoons of the 1940s. Today, a gallery of Famous Studios in its glory, with Popeye, Little Lulu, Screen Songs and the Noveltoons. Supplemented by George Pal’s stop-motion…

Technicolor Cartoons
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May 16, 2013 posted by

Technicolor Cartoons

Saturday afternoon at 4:30pm I’ll be introducing a program of Technicolor 35mm cartoons, projected on the big screen at The Cinefamily (aka Silent Movie Theatre) in Hollywood. If you happen…

Theatrical Cartoons 1953-54
Animation History
April 13, 2013 posted by

Theatrical Cartoons 1953-54

Continuing our survey of theatrical cartoons, this time we take a look at the pivotal 1953-54 season. 3-D, CinemaScope, the year before Disney severely cuts back on shorts production –…

Theatrical Cartoons 1957-58
Animation History
April 6, 2013 posted by

Theatrical Cartoons 1957-58

We continue our survey of theatrical shorts with these pages from the October 12th 1957 issue of Boxoffice Magazine. Theatrical cartoons were far from dead in 1957 – but they…

Theatrical Cartoons 1961-62
Animation History
March 28, 2013 posted by

Theatrical Cartoons 1961-62

My recent reprinting of Boxoffice Magazine’s annual short subject issue for 1964-65 proved so popular, I think I’ll feature these on a semi-regular basis. This week I’ve decided to take…

Theatrical Cartoons in 1965
Animation History
March 19, 2013 posted by

Theatrical Cartoons in 1965

The Hollywood short was practically dead by 1964. But you wouldn’t know it by reading the Hollywood trades. When BoxOffice Magazine printed its annual Short Subject issue in late 1964,…

February 20, 2013 posted by

MGM Cartoons

MGM CARTOON ORIGINAL TITLES Here’s a lost original title. This is the ORIGINAL on-screen Tom & Jerry title card of the 1940s. Most 1940s T&J cartoons that have been released…