A “Lady and the Tramp” Pencil Test
I really love pencil tests, as I’m sure a lot of you do. Here’s one of my favorites.
Tag Archives: Puppetoons
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 1)
Many a toon has donned mask and cape, either in the hopes of fooling others into belief that they’re a superhero, or in a psychological effort to fool themselves into believing it too.
Super Puppetooned: “Wilbur The Lion” (1946)
One of the films I’m working on is almost a rarity — Wilbur the Lion (1947), one of the last in the Puppetoons series. Take a look at the restoration in progress.
Working with the Animated Films of George Pal and “The Puppetoon Movie 2”
One of the other major side projects I’ve been working on is digital restoration/cleanup for a second volume of George Pal’s Puppetoons.
Jasper and The Puppetoons – Part 5
Paramount Pictures released the last of the “Puppetoons” in 1947. Of the five releases, only one stars Jasper – and another featured Duke Ellington.
The George Pal Puppetoons and Jasper – Part 4
In 1946 Jasper recieved an Academy Award nomination – and one of Pal’s Puppetoons was an animated adaptation of the American folktale, John Henry.
An Open Letter: Changes for 2019
This is a special post to announce this blog’s new 5-posts-a-week policy. Plus information on cartoons being presented at UCLA’s 2019 Festival of Preservation.
Jasper and the Puppetoons – Part 3
“Jasper Goes Hunting” provided another first for George Pal – an animated short combining major characters from two competing Hollywood studios.
Puppetoons and Jasper – part 2
In 1943 Paramount Pictures realized that it had a popular hit character in producer/director George Pal’s animated African American figure “Jasper”.
The “Jasper” Puppetoons – Part 1
Jasper was part of a tradition in animation of casting African American boys as stars of series—from “Sammy Johnsin” in the Silent Era to L’il EIghtball from producer Walter Lantz.
