“Fleischer’s Animated News” (November 1935)
Here’s issue number 12 from November 1935. Joe Oriolo drew the Thanksgiving-themed cover art of Popeye the Sailor and a marked turkey.
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Fleischer’s Animated News #8
Nearly thirteen years have passed since we last posted an issue of Fleischer Studio’s employee newsletter. Let’s pick up where we left off…
Oops! (Part 4): Sugar Isn’t Sweet/The Time-Space Continuum
For this final installment I’ll spotlight a recurring problem – what both live-action and animation producers would refer to as the “continuity error”.
“Buzzy Boop at the Concert” (1938)
Unseen for decades, a rare 35mm print of Buzzy Boop at the Concert was found in Russia in 2019. The UCLA Film & Television Archive premiered its restoration in May…
New York Animator: Orestes Calpini
A true animation industry veteran, Calpini is perhaps less known than many of his contemporaries.
“The Popeye Song Folio”
In 1936, this sheet music special collection was published, containing ten of Popeye’s hit movie tunes.
Jack Mercer, the Recording Star
One of animation’s most prolific voice actor/story artists is celebrated with a selection of vinyl and shellac records from his stellar career.
The Yearly Redford Theatre Cartoon Show (featuring Fleischer Restorations) and “The Great Experiment” (1934)
Evil scientist Hugo Plotz, a giant of a person, is keeping Scrappy in a tall petri dish. Another Screen Gems classic.
Max and Dave: Specials, Leading To Noveltoons
The Fleischers must have thought they could restore their relationship with Paramount by putting out occasional specials in Technicolor. They were wrong.
Adam Savage’s “Tested” segment, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year” and more!
If nothing else – It’s been a pretty great year for Fleischer animation.
