The Five Best Columbia/Screen Gems Cartoons of the 1940s
Are there more than five? I don’t know, but here are my picks.
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Tom & Jerry in “Hook and Ladder Hokum” (1932)
A notable thing about this cartoon is the director credit going to the team of George Stallings and Tish Tash. The latter is, of course, Frank Tashlin.
“More Stop Motion Marvels” is Done!
Here’s a breakdown of the films on the set.
1938-39 Merrie Melodies: The People’s Choice (Pt. 1)
The musical highlights from those Merrie Melodies cartoons familiar from television as part of AAP’s package of shorts, first syndicated in 1956.
More Lost ‘Looney Tunes’ Title Cues
Here’s the second installment in a series on music cues used by Carl Stalling under the original main title sequences for Warner Bros. cartoons only seen in re-issue prints.
Tashlin’s “Tale Of Two Mice” (1945) – and an Abbott and Costello pre-order
I asked Thad Kommorowski if it would be ok to share a transfer I did a year back from one of his rare 16mm prints – Tale of Two Mice (1945) with it’s original titles.
A Chat with Leo Salkin
Leo Salkin started his career at age 19, after graduating from High School, at Walter Lantz in 1932. Salkin then moved over to Mintz, where he worked on Krazy Kat and Scrappy cartoons, followed by a stint at Disney.
Animation Anecdotes #249
This week’s anecdotes are from Frank Tashlin, Chuck Jones, John Lasseter, Garfield and The Man Called Flintstone.
Animation Anecdotes #242
Anecdotes this week from Frank Tashlin, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Chris Wedge, Ralph Bakshi and others!
“Private Snafu” on Blu-ray
Back from the ‘Cultural Wasteland’ of last week and into the world of Classic Animation again! From a Thunderbean Office perspective, last week was a Van Beuren week here, with…
