Notes On the Iwerks’ “Comi-Color” Materials
This week, I will write a little about the Iwerks ComiColor master materials at UCLA. These materials are in varied condition, but generally are in amazing shape.
Tag Archives: Flip the Frog
“Let’s Go!” (1937)
Thunderbean News: Im sitting here, after a whole day of attempting to sit here, evaluating cleanups on Flip the Frog cartoons. On my mind are the many, many fixes. The…
“Raggedy Ann and Andy” at BAM – and The Ongoing Hunt for Original Titles
Happy late July folks. It’s Thunderbean Thursday on a Friday this week, due to the loss of June Foray. I want to thank Jim Korkis for trading places with me…
Updates, “Flip” Animated Kickstarter and “Rainbow Parade” Pre-Order!
Summer has me longingly looking outside and taking little breaks as I attempt to catch up with everything here! I’ve been lucky to have a good crew the last handful…
Flip Negative Scans – and a Cartoon Curio: “The Family Album” (1930)
Produced by Audio Productions, while Paul Terry had his operation there, The Family Album is a sequel to the earlier Fleischer-made Finding His Voice.
Terrytoons Always Look Better in IB Technicolor
Here is a really fun Heckle and Jeckle short from 1951, looking as it should in beautiful IB Technicolor. I’m especially fond of some of the Jim Tyer sequences.
Two (Funny) Faces have I – and Popeye / Betty Boop ‘Special’ set
Oddly, there are two versions of Funny Face. The one still extant in 35mm is a ‘second’ version of the film, with closeups of the Betty Boop-esqe character redrawn, changing her hair style.
Flip the Frog Update: Sometimes a little piece of music goes a long way…
Here are three openings from my new transfers with rare music cues – and projection notes, to make sure they sync the film to the sound disc.
Halloween Haunts: Flip the Frog in “Spooks” (1932)
Grim Natwick seems to carry a lot of the animation on this short, and his well-drawn poses on the skeleton man are some of my favorites in this cartoon.
“Flip the Frog” Sneak Preview and Preorder
I’ve completed the inspection of the Flip materials here, and they’re overall just beautiful. The MGM fine grains are things of beauty.
