Palsy-Walsy with Russia
With Moscow. Against Berlin. The wartime patriotism of learning to speak Russian at the Lantz Studio.
Tag Archives: Walter Lantz
Animation Anecdotes #281
“Columbia did not like the cartoon at all,” said Bill Scott of UPA’s Rooty Toot Toot. “They really would have liked for us to go back to just doing more Fox and Crow”.
The Avant-Garde Arrives
If revolution has a color, it’s red. Like the fiery topknot of Woody Woodpecker, who will appear soon in this unique exhibit.
Gag Men: Tex Avery and Cal Howard
A funny thing happened along the way and a little mouse hopped up to the cuspidor. Here’s the story behind this Tex Avery gag sketch.
Andy Panda in “Playful Pelican” (1948)
This week’s breakdown is a Walter Lantz cartoon – starring a Dick Lundy/Freddy Moore redesigned Andy Panda!
Captain Auger, A Giant Mystery
A continuing look at a curious artifact, and whether Walter Lantz ever made a cartoon based on a play by that giant of a man, the circus star George Auger.
Did Walter Lantz Meet the Giant?
Walter Lantz held a cartoon script by Captain George Auger, a famous vaudeville and circus star known as The Cardiff Giant, who died just as he was breaking into the movies.
Woody Woodpecker & the Avant-Garde
Almost seventy years after it closed, an exhibit will open soon to celebrate the influence of a long-ago art gallery that had a big influence on cinema – and especially Woody cartoons.
LaVerne Harding: Drawing with Resolve
Harding was part of a collective effort by the Universal animators that resulted in Walter Lantz taking his studio fully independent, just one of the many understated accomplishments of this remarkable woman.
Cynical Susie, a Fix-it Feminist
What did Susie of the comics pages have in common with her creator, animator LaVerne Harding? She fixed things. And maybe more than anyone thinks.
