“Movie Phoney News” (1938) – A New Universal Cartoon!
I’ve always been fascinated by the really odd films that are a part of the regular release schedules at pretty much every studio. Here’s one from Lantz.
I’ve always been fascinated by the really odd films that are a part of the regular release schedules at pretty much every studio. Here’s one from Lantz.
This isn’t a really bad cartoon, but there’s really not much to recommend it either – unless you are a diehard fan of 60s Lantz.
Growing up I was generally dismissive of most of Walter Lantz’s cartoon output – especially in the later years – but with age comes a more mature perspective.
How an Oswald the Lucky Rabbit animator learned from a ‘secret’ instructional, whose author then joined him at Universal.
Here’s the evidence that a mail-order lesson by a notable animator reached an even more famous student.
Continuing the story of Bray Studios – from their entertainment shorts in the 1920s through its later reorganization devoted to educational and industrial films.
To accompany this important release I would like to provide a guide to the often obscure actors heard as voices in Walter Lantz cartoons represented in this collection.
As a follow up to my recent post on Jack Hannah at Lantz, here’s a listing of his theatrical shorts for that studio.
Here are some excerpts about the Lantz studio from one of my interviews with Jack Hannah.
All Rise. Court is again in session.