MGM’s Happy Harmony “Honeyland” (1935)
In this weeks breakdown, well see whats the buzz is all about in this Harman-Ising Happy Harmonies cartoon!
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A “Tom & Jerry” Storybook (1949)
This little storybook from 1949 gives us not only some nice color and black and white illustrations, but a storyline based loosely on two theatrical cartoons.
The Mills Brothers in Cartoons – Part 2
Although the Mills Brothers appeared in three of Max Fleischer’s “Screen Songs”, other studios went out of their way to obtain a Mills Brothers sound — if needed.
A Chat with Joan Pabian and Al Pabian
Martha Sigall’s interview series concludes with an interview with ink and paint artist Joan Pabian and her husband, Lantz/WB/MGM animator Al Pabian.
Those MGM Jazz Frog Cartoons
Beyond producing cartoons starring humanoid versions of Bosko and Honey at MGM, Harman and Ising also specialized in films starring caricatures of black jazz musicians – as frogs.
Hirschfeld Meets Harman/Ising
Harman and Ising’s Good Little Monkeys (1935) may not have been the successor to the Three Little Pigs – but it did boast publicity art by none other than Al Hirschfeld!
A Chat with Martha Sigall
This week we go back to March 8th, 1986 to the Third Annual Golden Awards Banquet, beginning a fresh set of interviews by the head of the UCLA Animation Workshop – the late, great Dan McLaughlin.
Rudolf Ising’s “The Milky Way” (1940)
This week’s breakdown profiles another film by Rudy Ising – The Milky Way – this one becoming the first non-Disney cartoon to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short.
MGM’s “The Bear and The Beavers (1942)
While “The Bear and the Beavers” promises great comic potential, it is marred by Ising’s lumbering, Disney-esque, approach to story and timing. Here are the animators he supervised.
Tex Avery’s “Blitz Wolf” (1942)
Today this week, it’s time for Tex Avery, a man whose credit is synonymous with divine magnificence. This is the only draft from Tex’s career I know of at the…
