Winter Surprise: Casper in ‘Ice Scream’ (1957)
It’s wintery some places, so why not pretend to be a snowman?
Tag Archives: Famous Studios
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!
A Letter from Myron Waldman
I’m going back to how my postings began–with letters from animators. Today, from 1997, I’m offering up the reply Myron Waldman sent to my question about Bimbo.
Here At Last: The ‘Grotesqueries’ and ‘Noveltoons’ Blu-rays!
I thought I’d take this post to plug and finally talk a little bit about Grotesqueries and Noveltoons, two ‘new’ titles from Thunderbean on Blu-ray.
A Paramount Screen Song: “The Circus Comes to Clown” (1947)
I’m actually most fond of this one because of the character designs and the very odd appearance of Blackie the Sheep, unusually miserable in this one short.
UPA’s “After the Cut” (1946) and “Landing Accidents” (1946)
After the Cut and Landing Accidents were produced for the Navy. These are especially hard to come by, leaving vintage prints from the era being the only copies available.
“The Enchanted Square” (1947) gets an upgrade!
Seeing this film in Technicolor is a revelation, especially the almost neon-bright contrasting color palettes in Shane Miller’s backgrounds.
