Original Titles, “Bridge Trouble” (Jam Handy, 1949) and “Happy New Year 1952”
Odds and Ends this week – like these frames from the only existing print with original titles of ‘Sunshine Makers’.
Tag Archives: Jam Handy
Adventures with Technical Animation
More from the iconic ‘Direct Mass Selling’ program that the Jam Handy Organization produced for Chevrolet throughout the Great Depression.
Animation In Jam Handy’s “Direct Mass Selling”
It’s time to look at the program the Nicky Nome cartoons were produced for: the ‘Direct Mass Selling’ shorts produced by Jam Handy for Chevrolet.
Jam Handy’s “Down The Gasoline Trail” (1936)
Often discussed by many fans of the Jam Handy Organization is one particular film, largely overlooked, a unique 1936 cartoon named “Down The Gasoline Trail”.
Stop Motion Animation On Parade – with Jam Handy
The man responsible for the vast majority of the Jam Handy studio’s stop motion work was Francis Lyle Goldman, aka Frank Goldman, whose work has been sadly overlooked.
Jam Handy’s “A Case Of Spring Fever” (1940)
Whenever the name Jam Handy is mentioned one particular film often recalled: “A Case of Spring Fever”. The film, cleverly employing live action with cartoon animation, has now achieved cult status.
The Online Animation Community – and Jam Handy
Today I discuss the collective online animation community – and Jonathan Boshen’s Jam Handy Documentary Campaign. I think it’s really interesting the some of the basics of cultural communication are…
Public Relations, Education, and Animation
Today we will be looking at a quartet of animated sales and educational films. Hopefully, some of these shorts will be new to you – the names of their animators…
The Jam Handy Building
I had an incredible time last weekend in Detroit Michigan, presenting a screening at the Detroit Institute of Arts and visiting with Steve Stanchfield. Let me say again that if…
