A Tribute To Abe Levitow (1922-1975)
An animator and director who worked with some of the biggest animation studios in Hollywood during the Golden Age.
An animator and director who worked with some of the biggest animation studios in Hollywood during the Golden Age.
The UPA Ham and Hattie shorts are unique in theatrical cartoon history since they are composed of two seemingly unrelated musical shorts.
Two of today’s batch had the distinction of being nominated for an Academy Award, making today’s lesson of particular historic import to a study of the art.
It tells a darkly comedic tale that would seem daring even for live-action films of the time, that creatively stretched the possibilities of the medium.
I got a chance to do a lengthy interview with Bill Scott in 1982, covering much of his career in animation including his stint at UPA and his work on this short.
This film is full of invention in every shot, almost too much to absorb.
A little tribute to one of my favorite UPA cartoons, the first Mr. Magoo – The Ragtime Bear.
TV animators continued to find the proper “spirit” to celebrate Independence Day, and the revolution in general.
A long-overdue appreciation of the versatile animation and live-action actor/narrator, with a career spanning over half a century.
A gallery of goodies from the archives of Abe Levitow, an animator at Warner Bros in the Chuck Jones unit, and a director for UPA. His daughters Roberta and Judy open up about their dad.