A Chat with Sadie Bodin
Sadie Bodin’s picketing of the Van Beuren Studio in 1935 to protest her dismissal for union activity was a minor landmark in animation history. Here is her story.
Tag Archives: Fleischer Studios
A Chat with Paul Fennell
Paul John Fennell is certainly no stranger to Cartoon Research readers. A veteran of Disney, Iwerks, Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios – not to mention his Cartoon Films Ltd – and later at Hanna Barbera and Filmation.
Cartoon Events This Week In LA: Technicolor Toons, Golden Books and Fleischer Tribute
TECHNICOLOR TOONS Thursday night (5/29) at 7:30pm I’ll be introducing an all-new program of Technicolor Toons – which is fast-becoming an annual tradition – projected on the big screen at…
Fleischer Christmas Party Photo 1936
Pardon me if this image (above) has been posted before and identified… I can’t recall if it has. I just received a large jpeg of this incredible photo – too…
Popeye in “Stealin’ Ain’t Honest”
Released March 22nd 1940, Stealin’ Ain’t Honest is the 79th Fleischer Studios Popeye cartoon. Produced in Miami Florida, by the Tom Johnson unit, it’s one of the cartoons that pursues…
“The Cow’s Husband” (1931)
Today, let’s watch a new Bimbo cartoon. Or at least one that’s new to me. The Cow’s Husband (1931) is primo early-talkie Fleischer which like all the non-Betty Boop Fleischer…
Fleischer’s Animated News #3
The third issue of Fleischer’s Animated News is great. Highlights include Bill Turner’s essay on the “old days” of animation, the silent era of Felix The Cat and the primitive…
Cartoon Music Cue Sheets
Cue Sheets are legally obligated paperwork that started at the dawn of sound motion pictures – and are still required for all motion pictures and television shows still today. This…
Fleischer’s Animated News #1
Due to popular demand, I’ll begin posting issues of Fleischer’s Animated News on a somewhat regular basis (weekly – but don’t hold me to it). This was the in-house employee…
Betty Boop in “Be Up To Date” (1938)
Today we’ll dig into one of those later Betty Boop cartoons – you know, the ones produced after the Production Code went into effect. No character was more affected than…
