Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 3): Paramount’s “Party Dolls”
Boop, Lulu and “Lou”… A celebration of the irrepressible Fleischer/Famous party girls.
Tag Archives: Max Fleischer
Celebrating the 111th Birthday of “Mercer, the Popeye Man”
Within a few years of his January 1910 birth, artist/writer and “primo Popeye” voice actor Jack Mercer started his entertainment legacy. Let’s look at a few vintage Mercer grooves.
What’s The Story Behind the Picture?
One of the things I find most enjoyable about this site is the many illustrations that I have never seen before that accompany the articles.
Happy New Year To All: “Let’s Celebrake!”
I think this should be required cartoon viewing on New Years Eve. Here it is again in a print you may not have seen before!
“Christmas Comes But Once a Year” (1936)
There’s something disarming about this particular short, from the simple but sweet story to the clever ideas that Grampy comes up with to make new toys.
The Popeye Specials That Could Have Been
Considering the hits Fleischer had with the two-reel Popeye epic adventures, a continuation of that format would have a good idea. But it was not to be.
Happy Henfruit Pt. 2: “Eggs-hilaration”
Whether your preference is low-calorie whites or fattening yolks, watch your cholesterol count, as we continue with a survey of cartoons centering on what a hen lays best.
Max Fleischer’s “Modeling” (1921)
This heavily Amber-tinted print is now nearly 100 years old, but Max Fleischer and a young Roland (Doc) Crandall are still very much alive on these frames.
Ottawa Animation Festival – and “Grampy’s Indoor Outing” (1936)
This one reads more like a journal entry than post this week, but it ends with Betty Boop, and that can’t be all bad!
Clowning Around at the Cartoon Carnival
For my final Cartoon Carnival 16mm film screening of the summer, we will honor clowns and circus life with the likes of Felix the Cat and Koko the Clown.
