Happy St. Patrick’s Day with “The Wee Men” (1948)
I was wondering if we had shown this before near St. Patrick’s day before, but I guess we didn’t. So here it is!
Tag Archives: Famous Studios
It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Birthday, Winston Sharples!
Celebrating the music legend behind almost one thousand cartoons – but surprisingly few soundtrack records.
TRANSFILM – The Biggest Little Studio
Transfilm originated as a way of supporting the war effort and went on to become the east coast’s most profitable commercial studio.
TOP CEL – FACE OF A UNION LOCAL (Part 1)
Today a special look at the animation industry in New York, and the animators on strike, from the POV of the Union newsletter – Top Cel.
Nitrate Technicolor Cartoons are Beautiful: Little Lulu in “Loose in the Caboose”
The timing, gags with a jazzy score keep this cartoon moving right along in this 35mm print.
Winter Surprise: Casper in ‘Ice Scream’ (1957)
It’s wintery some places, so why not pretend to be a snowman?
Mountains of Scanning and “The Seapreme Court” (1954)
The coolest thing about seeing a 35mm Technicolor print of these Famous Studios films is all the detail and brightness of the soundtrack.
Halloween is Better with Casper: “The Friendly Ghost” (1945)
It’s nearly Halloween, and I’d be careless if we didn’t show at least *one* sort of Halloween cartoon. Here is one of my favorites.
A Revolutionary Article (Part 1)
Starting this week, a stroll down memory lane to witness how past generations remembered our nation’s founding fathers.
Beware the Leprechauns! (Part 1)
With a tip o’ me hat, I present the first in a series of articles paying tribute to those diminutive Irish mischief makers: The Leprechauns!
