What is Your Favorite “Mid Century Modern” Designed Cartoon Short or Series?
Off the top of my head, here are some of my favorite stylized things from the 50s.
Tag Archives: John Sutherland
The “Odds & Ends” blu-ray – and “Why Play Leapfrog” (1948)
“Why Play Leapfrog” may be my favorite of the films produced by John Sutherland Productions. It’s still appealing and fun, and the propaganda is at least a little more tolerable in this short.
A “Rhapsody Of Steel” on Labor Day
What better day to showcase Rhapsody Of Steel, the animated Technicolor masterpiece sponsored by U.S. Steel and produced by John Sutherland Productions.
Favorite (and not so favorite) Throwbacks and Reboot Appearances
FIRST – Some (very brief) Thunderbean News: Things continue to move forward on many things; these weeks are busy most all the time. Thunderbean is expanding whether I like it…
New Year’s Resolutions – and The Coming Year in Film Restoration
Since it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and that usually involves Times Square, here is a little animation done by Otto Mesmer exclusively shown on billboards on Broadway back in the 50s.
The “Chiquita Banana” Theatrical Commercials
Produced by John Sutherland Productions from 1947 through 1949, these Banana spots are among the most charming theatrical animated commercials made in the 40s.
The Lost Cartoons of Carl Urbano
This is a story about discovering some truly lost, unknown and forgotten theatrical quality cartoons directed by Carl Urbano, and a description of those cartoons.
Mid Century Modern, Volume 2: “Look Who’s Driving”
Somehow a majority of the projects from this year seem to be wrapping up at the same time. On the new titles news, the Gulliver’s Travels BluRay is off to…
