Betty Boop in “I Heard”
Max Fleischer’s I Heard is one of my favorite Betty Boop pre-code cartoons, with one of the best soundtracks the studio ever had. But here’s a little mystery recently brought…
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Fleischer’s Animated News #7
Another edition of Fleischer’s Animated News, the Paramount cartoon studio in-house newsletter from 1935 (click thumbnails below to enlarge). This time, a new editor and an issue highlighting a wedding…
Who Is Harry Welch – and Was He Ever The Voice of Popeye?
Cartoon Researcher Shaun Clancy sent in these scans (below, click thumbnails to read) from a Popular Science article from March 1941, about a fellow named Harry Welch (aka Harry Foster…
“Accidentally Preserved”
Today I’m going recommend a wonderful new compilation DVD with only one animated film on it. Accidentally Preserved Volume 1 collects nine “rare or lost silent films” and makes them…
Animation Anecdotes #113
Michael Jackson: Take One. Back in 1971, one of the series on Saturday morning television was the “Jackson Five” which featured animated versions of Michael Jackson and his singing brothers….
Fleischer’s Animated News #6
Calling all Fleischer fans! This sixth issue (May 1935) of Fleischer’s Animated News is loaded with information. “Tintypes” (personnel biographies) in this issue are for General Manager Sam Buchwald and…
Fleischer’s Animated News #5
This issue of Fleischer’s Animated News (#5, April 1935) is a little sillier than usual – it’s an April Fools issue. That said, the final two pages are quite serious,…
Fleischer’s “Stone Age” Cartoons
With Dreamworks’ The Croods topping the box office, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at the original “modern stone-age” cartoons. No, not The Flintstones. Twenty…
An Animators Draft: A Car-Tune Portrait (1937)
Today I am re-posting an original animators draft for the Max Fleischer “Color Classic” cartoon A Car-Tune Portrait (released June 26th, 1937). Drafts for non-Disney cartoons are scarce, but vital…
