Jack Teagarden and his Walter Lantz Cartunes
When trombonist Jack Teagarden became available to do two cartoon soundtracks, Darrell Calker and Walter Lantz leapt at the chance to get him.
Tag Archives: Walter Lantz
A Merry Dog For Christmas, 1933
During the worst year of the Great Depression, Pooch the Pup enlisted Santa and a toy-soldier army to serve up the Big Bad Wolf some holiday payback.
The King of Jazz gets Animated
Paul Whiteman conducted the biggest dance-band throughout the 1920’s, and into the 1930’s. He also appeared two cartoons with Oswald Rabbit and Walter Lantz.
Slipping a Mickey, 1931
Walter Lantz knew that his animation staff dreamed of working at the Disney Studio, and at times he could end a mouseful of ambitions with a single phone call.
Dick Lundy’s “The Coo-Coo Bird” (1947)
Things are looking a little cuckoo with this week’s breakdown!
Vampires at Universal, 1930
After he took over the Oswald series, Walter Lantz sometimes worked nights at Universal, putting him in among the same late shift hours as the cast and crew of the classic movie, Drácula. Plus, a tribute to Lupita Tovar.
Milt Schaffer Made Safer? 1942
One day at the Lantz studio, prior to moving to a new building, Milt Schaffer and Bugs Hardaway put the storyboards for a new cartoon into a metal safe and the rest was history.
Red, White and Moon
Looking back, the moon landing was a harbinger of American destiny in the Cold War, with a revelation about what may have obscured an historic art gallery.
Woody and the Moon Missiles
After World War II, Woody Woodpecker planted his flag and flew on a rocket to help activate American enthusiasm for the Space Race.
Palsy-Walsy with Russia
With Moscow. Against Berlin. The wartime patriotism of learning to speak Russian at the Lantz Studio.
