Entrenched In Production – and a few things to show!
Here’s something most of you have never seen: the black and white original negs from a frame of Iwerks’ Jack Frost – and both combined as a two-color positive image.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 12): Enough! Let’s Hit the Showers
We’ve had ourselves a good long workout, and now is the time for winding down.
When Alvin & The Chipmunks Sang on Disney Records
A 40th anniversary look at Alvin, Simon & Theodore’s recording career with Disney’s Buena Vista label
An Art Davis Scrapbook
Arthur Davis saved many artifacts, such as group photographs, production artwork, gag drawings, contracts and correspondence. Here’s a sample.
16mm Cartoon Carnival Returns to NYC
This post comes to you with a great deal of good news, and signs of better things to come in the weeks and months ahead!
In His Own Words: Casey Kasem on Shaggy
The voice behind Norville “Shaggy” Rogers on Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
The Little Remaining Pieces of Flip – and Mark’s print of “Coo Coo the Magician”
This particular print contains footage that no other print we’ve found seems to have.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 11): Fat Cats and Obese Others
In today’s survey of fitness and weight-watching cartoons, all but two of the participants are felines!
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1929-30: What Crash?
Nobody knew how deep the depression would get – but in keeping spirits up, the Screen Songs continued and the ball kept bouncing.
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]
