The Last Five “Screen Gems” Cartoons
The 1948-49 Season from Columbia Pictures consisted of just eight new cartoons: Three from the ground breaking UPA – and a final five from Screen Gems.
Tag Archives: Color Rhapsodies
Christmas in August: “Snowtime” (1938)
Nothing shines like IB Technicolor – especially this Ub Iwerks Color Rhapsody.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – 1939
“Hollywood’s Greatest Year” was indeed a good year for grew Mintz’ Columbia/Screen Gems cartoon studio.
My Five Favorite Columbia/Screen Gems ‘Color Rhapsodies’ of the 1930s
Beyond my top two – bonified classics in my opinion – selecting the rest was a bit of a struggle.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1936
During the 1935-36 film season, Columbia’s cartoons began drawing a number of tunes from the library of Fox musicals.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – 1935-36
One can only wonder what exhibitors thought of the Columbia cartoons, which continued to improve artistically as the years went by.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – More 1935
Continuing with a run of 1935 titles featuring original song compositions.
Hearts and Flowers – Part 1
As Valentine’s Day approaches, it seems appropriate to celebrate the season with the start of a retrospective on the involvement of flowers as a central figure in the animated cartoon.
“Let’s Go!” (1937)
Thunderbean News: Im sitting here, after a whole day of attempting to sit here, evaluating cleanups on Flip the Frog cartoons. On my mind are the many, many fixes. The…
Columbia’s “Color Rhapsody” Stock Posters
I’m a big fan of theatrical cartoon posters from the golden age of cartoons. While doing some research last week I stumbled onto the online archive of the Academy of…
