Needle Drop Cuban Rhythms For Boop and Flip
Cuban rhythms really didn’t filter their way down to North American popular music – the kind that most folks would buy – until 1930. It’s an entertaining, if roundabout, story.
Tag Archives: Max Fleischer
Fleischer ‘Needle Drop’ Artists: Eddie Peabody and ‘Red Pepper’ Sam
Continuing our exploration of vintage recordings used as soundtrack in classic cartoons, we look at two popular performers whose musical abilities fit perfectly with the mindset at Fleischer Studios.
‘Needle Drop’ Recordings in Classic Fleischer & Iwerks Cartoons
In the early sound era it was apparently easier to use, on occasion, “Needle Drop” music from commercial records to score a cartoon. Here’s a list of several I’ve identified.
Behind the Scenes at Various Studios, including the First Motion Picture Unit (1943)
I’m always fascinated by those films that show a ‘behind the scenes look into the animation process. Here are a few I love.
Popeye the Jim Crow Man: Segregation and the Fleischer Studio in Miami
Studies of the Max Fleischer Studio’s years in Miami make note of the city’s strong ethnic segregation. For example, most of the staff lived in exclusive parts of the city.
Max Fleischer’s “A Car-Tune Portrait” (1937)
It’s time for a Fleischer Color Classic in this week’s breakdown! Dave Tendlar is the head animator, and once again Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody gets the cartoon treatment.
A Chat with Lillian Friedman Astor
Here is a rare conversation with Lillian Friedman Astor, the first woman animator in a major American studio – as part of Myron Waldman’s unit at Fleischer Studios in New York.
Thunderbean Thursday: Space Cartoons!
There’s a ton of animated cartoons made over the years about space travel, and I thought it would be fun to talk about those this week. Here are the first ones that came to mind…
Chatting with Larry Silverman and Jack Ozark
Lawrence Walter Silverman and Jacob “Jake” Ozarkawitz were both journeymen animators with long careers, though little seems to have been written about them. Here’s my chat with both of them.
A Chat with Ed Rehberg
Ed Rehberg’s career in animation rests on a fairly long list of credits as a journeyman animator and director. However, his place in animation history is assured for his role in the 1947 Terrytoons strike – and his work on early TV commercials.
