“Everybody Sing” (1937) and Sparks’ “Mickey Mouse” (1982)
Since Easter seems to always have bunnies associated with it, it seems like an appropriate day to run a Lantz Oswald cartoon.
Since Easter seems to always have bunnies associated with it, it seems like an appropriate day to run a Lantz Oswald cartoon.
Wipe that haze out of your eyes, grab your books, and skedaddle to class, as today’s lecture covers a good cross-section of studios, and some education for several animated superstars.
Welcome back to lecture number two in our introductory-level course on ‘30’s Toon Education 101′. Last week got us past orientation, and this week we knuckle down for more serious study,
Like it or not, the nation faces a return, after a long hiatus, to a tradition as old as the hills – face to face, classroom education.
As one of literature’s most famous beach dwellers was Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe”, Hollywood animators had a field day adapting his exploits in cartoons.
Labor Day weekend is a perfect time to read a book or two. Here’s my latest round-up of books I read this summer – and I think you’ll want to get a few of these.
If you have not had the opportunity to see silent films with live musical accompaniment, I urge to jump at the next chance you get.
When a lost Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon is found, either full or partial, that’s when the real work begins with restoration and preservation.
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Walt Disney’s first big success – until he lost the contract and that prompted him to create Mickey Mouse; and the Rest is History!
I’ve always liked this cartoon, where somehow Oswald’s lip-sync didn’t manage to get on the exposure sheets – or for some other reason wasn’t animated.