Paul Whiteman Tops a Jazz Rabbit, 1930
The assignment that really accelerated the Lantz studio’s sophistication with musical sync was the animated introduction to “The King of Jazz”, a feature film that showcased the music of Paul Whiteman.
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“Woody The Giant Killer” (1947)
Today, we look at one of Dick Lundy’s best Walter Lantz cartoons – The immortal tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, as filtered through Woody Woodpecker.
Alex Lovy is All Aces, 1942
In concluding these posts on the first-ever study of cartoon violence, a look at the original report reveals a surprise: the data shows the opposite of what is typically reported today.
Sid Siegel Brings Home a Television, 1948.
This is the second of three posts on Alberta Siegel’s earliest research on cartoon violence. What began as a simple inquiry has evolved into something much more revealing and surprising.
Alberta Siegel Sets a Rubber Knife, 1955
No one who worked on Walter Lantz’ “Ace in the Hole” could possibly have anticipated what it would unleash when the cartoon became part of a controlled experiment to gauge children’s behavior.
Pooch the Pup in “The Lumber Champ” (1933)
This week’s film, “The Lumber Champ” starring Pooch the Pup, has a really great series of bizarre and outlandish gags. The mid-30s Lantz shorts are beautifully animated, but I really miss the zaniness of these earlier films.
Walter Lantz’ “Jungle Jive” (1944)
Time for some boogie-woogie jungle rhythm! Shamus Culhane directs his crew – including Emery Hawkins, Les Kline, Paul Smith, Pat Matthews and Don Williams – in a jive-jumping’ Walter Lantz “Swing Symphony”.
Stanley Kubrick and Violent Cartoons, 1956
As Stanley Kubrick’s directorial career progressed the argument could be made that he had studied some Walter Lantz cartoons. Not just any cartoons, but specifically the brutal ones directed by Shamus Culhane.
Shamus Culhane Makes it Modernism, 1943
There it was, a hidden treasure inside of a cartoon explosion, a desperate few seconds of avant-garde filmmaking that played to millions of post-war moviegoers and then to Baby Boomers…
Walter Lantz Plays it Lucky, 1928
Walt Disney liked to say that it all started with a Mouse, but there exists a Bizarro universe where the story goes differently. Here is the flip-side of that Mickey origin tale, where Walter Lantz is the guy at the table left holding all the chips.
