VIDEO: Evaluating Nitrate “Flip The Frog” Elements
Something unusual this week. A batch of original Flip the Frog nitrate film elements arrived here from UCLA archives a handful of days ago, so I’ve shot a video of my evaluating some of them.
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What is Thunderbean Working On Now?
Here’s a short run down on all the current projects I can legally announce… and there is a little news at the bottom of this post that many of you will be happy to hear.
The Hunt-For and Clean-Up of Original Cartoon Title Sequences
As we were searching through the Flip the Frog materials, Dave Gerstein was kind enough to make a title card sheet showing the original title cards we have seen up to this point.
A Smattering of Spots! A Reel of John Hubley’s Storyboard, Inc Commercials
After working with 1920s and 30s materials for many weeks, sometimes it’s nice to take a little diversion and look at something else, so that’s exactly what is being presented today.
First Look: “Flip the Frog” and “Cubby Bear” Scans
This week this space is devoted to an update and showing still frames on two projects in progress: Ub Iwerk’s Flip the Frog and Van Beuren Studio’s Cubby Bear.
The Hunt for FLIP THE FROG Begins!
The title above is a bit of a misnomer in that we started looking at materials for ‘Flip the Frog‘ back in July- but this is the first in a…
A Thunderbean New Year’s Resolution
On the first day of the year, the reels are just sitting there, somewhere…. No cartoons today, but there will be some soon.. I promise. Since I’m lucky enough to…
Animation Anecdotes #187
Bugs Bunny’s Girlfriend. There was a 1945 New York Times newspaper article where animation legend Friz Freleng was quoted as saying “We don’t want to give him (Bugs Bunny) a…
History was made on fllm!
Some things you may not know about film, why things are the way they are, and why film continues to be so important! Perhaps the one most important thing to…
