The Essential List
A classic cartoon primer of absolute must see films for the unwashed – and of course, what are yours?
Tag Archives: Columbia/Screen Gems
On Various Projects and “Crop Chasers” (1939)
A nice beat-up Technicolor print of a Columbia Color Rhapsodies cartoon produced at the Iwerks Studio.
Scrappy in “The Match Kid” (1933)
Long before the Columbia Screen Gems studio produced their lavish “Little Match Girl”, they made an earlier black & white version with their star character – Scrappy.
Scrappy in “The Battle of the Barn” (1932)
Love this cartoon – and from a technical standpoint, is full of well staged shots, including some really fun moving backgrounds.
Columbia’s Color Rhapsody “The Little Match Girl” (1937)
Columbia’s best shot at actually winning an Oscar was when ‘The Little Match Girl’ received a nomination in 1937. Directed by Art Davis, this adaptation is surprisingly poignant.
“Puttin’ Out the Kitten” (1937)
A favorite ‘Spooky’ cartoon – Scrappy is ‘Puttin’ Out the Kitten’ (1937). It’s one of my favorites, though I know over the years it’s probably confused more audiences as much as anything else.
