Unpredictable as Weather (Part 20)
Another neat batch of titles this week, mostly from the higher-end producers of animated fare (Terrytoons and Columbia miss the cut).
Another neat batch of titles this week, mostly from the higher-end producers of animated fare (Terrytoons and Columbia miss the cut).
The storm clouds miss no one today – as every one of the major producing studios appears in today’s 1943-44 survey.
During the war years – when leading cartoon stars were serving out substantial portions of their screen time in khaki.
After rushing to the screen a hasty salute to the Army in 1940, it was time for equal-time for the Navy and Air Corps in 1941.
You’re in the Army now with Barney Bear in this week’s animator breakdown!
In this cartoon, Ising used frustration comedy reminiscent of Edgar Kennedy and Wallace Beery to illustrate an “Old Bruin” being unable to sleep throughout hibernation.
Today, we strike gold with the third cartoon featuring Barney Bear – a precursor to the later pairing of Barney Bear and Benny Burro – in this week’s animator breakdown!
While “The Bear and the Beavers” promises great comic potential, it is marred by Ising’s lumbering, Disney-esque, approach to story and timing. Here are the animators he supervised.