Get With the Times (Part 3)
Adjustment obstacles for our favorite cartoon characters this week include Popeye and Tom & Jerry.
Tag Archives: Scrappy
Some Cartoons & Musings About Classic Animation Things I’m Grateful For
At this moment in the history of Thunderbean, there are more opportunities and more irons in the fire than ever – and we give thanks!
Oops! (Part 1)
Our latest trail is of cartoons with various blunders, by category, from various studios.
“Scrappy’s Ghost Story” (1935)
To get us into the Halloween spirit… A Scrappy cartoon from Ben Harrison and Manny Gould.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1940-41
Unexpected changes had been happening in Columbia cartoons, beginning in 1939 when the studio foreclosed upon Charles Mintz.
Columbia Week Continues: Scrappy in “The Man of Tin” (1940)
Some of the animation in this short is really fun – despite the cartoons bewildering story.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1938
Musical content includes a pop or two, some classical moments, and several De Nat originals.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1936
During the 1935-36 film season, Columbia’s cartoons began drawing a number of tunes from the library of Fox musicals.
Scrappy in “The Great Bird Mystery” (1932)
It’s an enjoyable effort, and one we haven’t ever talked about here.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – 1935-36
One can only wonder what exhibitors thought of the Columbia cartoons, which continued to improve artistically as the years went by.
