On Various Projects and “Crop Chasers” (1939)
A nice beat-up Technicolor print of a Columbia Color Rhapsodies cartoon produced at the Iwerks Studio.
Tag Archives: Screen Gems
Animation Profiles: AL EUGSTER
What do Pat Sullivan, Max Fleischer, Walt Disney, Ralph Bakshi, Screen Gems and Famous Studios have in common? All of them were a part of the fantastic career of animator/director Al Eugster!
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre’s Animated Appearances
The focus of this article is to explore the Chinese Theater’s various appearances in golden age cartoons – and a full, unofficial history of the venue.
“Let’s Go!” (1937)
Thunderbean News: Im sitting here, after a whole day of attempting to sit here, evaluating cleanups on Flip the Frog cartoons. On my mind are the many, many fixes. The…
MOONLIGHTING ANIMATORS IN COMICS: Bob Wickersham
This week’s moonlighting animator in comics is animator and director Bob Wickersham. I hope this column will offer the most extensive information on him, as of this writing.
Cartoons and Quiz Shows – Part 1
Game shows — also known as “quiz shows” — became a staple of network radio in the 1940s – and a ripe subject for parody in animated cartoons.
Scrappy in ‘The Wolf at the Door’ (1932)
Scrappy as a Canadian Mountie, who should be arrested for sending Oopy out in sub-zero weather – in what appears to be only a nightshirt.
Top Five Worst Of The Worst Cartoons
All cartoons can’t be classics… but the good has to come with the bad – that’s one of the great rules of life. With animation, it’s pretty easy to dismiss…
Scrappy Love: “The Bad Genius” (1932)
It’s a busy week over here as we work on getting materials scanned for the Willie Whopper project as well as cleaning up several other projects at the same time….
Scrappy Had It Right: “Holiday Land”(1934)
First, some quick notes: • The TCM broadcast of ‘Van Beuren Cartoons‘ with be run on December 7th Sunday night 12/7 at midnight(EST)/9pm (PST). Tune in and see beautiful copies…
