Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1937-38: And the Ball Keeps Bouncing
The screwy non-sequiturs of the early 1930’s are long gone, and the bouncing ball sequences are played straight. But the music plays on…
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Max and Dave: Popeye 1936 – Of Fists and Folios
During the 1935-36 season, Popeye had become a multi-media sensation. There was that radio series starring actor Floyd Buckley… and, or course, recordings ensued.
Bill Nolan directs: “The Foul Ball Player” (1940)
Nolan should be considered an animation pioneer, and he never really has gotten the accolades he deserves.
Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1935-36
In a number of these cartoons, she ceded the spotlight to subsidiary characters, most notably a dog named Pudgy, and an old inventor named Grampy.
Max and Dave: Color Classics 1936-37:
This season of Color Classics boasted an improved palette, now that the exclusive hold on the 3-strip Technicolor process had been broken.
Screen Songs 1935-36: Bring on the Bands
In 1935-36 Fleischer resumed the Screen Songs “by popular demand” – according to the trade advertisements. But this time certain changes were made.
Max and Dave: Popeye 1934-35: From Stren’th to Stren’th
Some feel the Popeye cartoons may have been formula, but the public was eating it up, like so many spinach rolls.
The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1 Blu-ray – and a Sneak Peek of Two Lost Cartoons
It’s really fun to see a Betty Boop you’ve never seen before, and today you’ll see clips from two.
New York Animation: A Tour of Bray Studios – Part 1
Bray Studios came into existence in 1913, the year which kicked off the animation industry in this good old U.S. of A.
Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1934-35
Exposed garters were out. Long dresses were the order of the day. And “hotcha” numbers gave way to preachy songs about tolerance and other life lessons.
