Baby Huey in “Swab The Duck” (1956)
The story of how I got my hands on a brand new 35mm print, struck from Paramount’s original negatives.
The story of how I got my hands on a brand new 35mm print, struck from Paramount’s original negatives.
While it isn’t the funniest of the series, it’s beautifully designed and animated with a great score – and Dutch subtitles!
Celebrating the music legend behind almost one thousand cartoons – but surprisingly few soundtrack records.
Even though many businesses were realizing that times were getting hard, this may not have been the case at the Max Fleischer studio.
The original Paramount release was for just 12 Nudnik films, which had the bad luck of coming out just at the time when U.S. movie theaters stopped showing cartoon shorts.
At Paramount Pictures offices in New York, the “Little Lulu” series of cartoons must have seemed a dream come true. And, of course, a theme song was in order.
This week a post-script to the series I’d been placing in this space since June – an attempt to list what animated films Paramount Pictures released since closing their in-house studio in 1967.
The 1966-67 season marked the end of an era. But before the doors closed, Shamus Culhane and Ralph Bakshi tried to bring a fresh sense of innovation to the studio with Merry Makers, Fractured Fables and Go-Go Toons.
This season we say goodbye to Howard Post, Modern Madcaps and Noveltoons. Say hello to Honey Halfwitch, Shamus Culhane and “Sir Blur”.
The 1964-65 season would be a period of transition. Seymour Kneitel’s passing brought some unanticipated changes, director Howard Post and plenty of new characters.