Animation Anecdotes #373
In 1990, it was announced that Chuck Jones was actively involved in new projects where Jones would have both creative control and equity in the characters he would create.
In 1990, it was announced that Chuck Jones was actively involved in new projects where Jones would have both creative control and equity in the characters he would create.
Continuing on in the last few years of the original Warner Bros. Cartoon studio… as seen via these in-house columns in the studio employees magazine, Warner Club News.
Among the tidbits this week: Maurice Noble returns to the studio, and free subscriptions to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies comic book are offered to the employees.
A final word from Eddie Selzer… Lou Scheimer, Owen Fitzgerald and Sam Armstrong join the studio as layout men… and the new Warner Bros. Commercial and Industrial Films Division opens.
Our weekly look at a slice of life at the Warner Bros. Cartoon studio – this week circa 1957 – where note is made of “exceptional” cartoons like What’s Opera Doc? and Three Little Bops.
A splice of cartoon life! This week, the first half of 1955, with these chatty columns from the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department
Asked in public to do the Woody Woodpecker laugh, Gracie Lantz would oblige – while her husband would simply shake his head. “No dignity… She used to be very proper.”
We continue on with the second half of 1954 with five more months, scattered throughout the year, of animation columns from the Warner Club News.
1954 begins and Looney Tunes producer Eddie Selzer welcomes the staff back to resume full production and a Christmas party in his home.
Angel Puss is distinct among the Eleven for reasons besides Chuck Jones’ direction of it. It has neither jazz celebrities nor any of the Warner Bros. Cartoons major stars.
