HOLIDAY ENCORE: Toby the Pup in “Hallowe’en” (1931)
An annual tradition here — finally ON Halloween! (You don’t ever have to be properly dressed to enjoy a Toby cartoon!)
An annual tradition here — finally ON Halloween! (You don’t ever have to be properly dressed to enjoy a Toby cartoon!)
After World War II, many smaller animation studios popped up in cities all around the country. Hollywood saw more than its fair share.
The original negatives for the RKO Toby the Pup cartoons remain lost. Here’s what one of those cartoons looked like.
The Toby the Pup cartoons have been high on my list of wants ever since I saw an article by Jerry Beck in Movie Collector’s World (back in 1981!)
Scrappy as a Canadian Mountie, who should be arrested for sending Oopy out in sub-zero weather – in what appears to be only a nightshirt.
Our next Christmas-themed cartoon features a hidden Disney gem!
It’s a busy week over here as we work on getting materials scanned for the Willie Whopper project as well as cleaning up several other projects at the same time….
Disney movie and cartoon characters abound in this audio musical fantasy from the pen of Dick Huemer and the baton of Tutti Camarata. It was also a magazine feature –…