Max and Dave: You Can See DeForest For the Trees
Commencing in 1926, a monthly schedule of Song Car-Tunes began to be released with sound, re-teaming with the DeForest Phonofilms system.
Commencing in 1926, a monthly schedule of Song Car-Tunes began to be released with sound, re-teaming with the DeForest Phonofilms system.
Lots of songs from Irving Berlin and Stephen Foster ruled the day in the silent era Bouncing Ball cartoons.
Max Fleischer had a pioneer’s interest in the burgeoning technology of adding sound to motion pictures. And he added songs to his films before anyone else did.
This film features one of my favorite gag moments in any Fleischer short.
This will be a really good opportunity to rehabilitate these prints in a way that hasn’t really been done before.
Boop, Lulu and “Lou”… A celebration of the irrepressible Fleischer/Famous party girls.
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.
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.
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!
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.