{"id":92504,"date":"2025-10-20T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T07:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=92504"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:22:34","slug":"cartoons-in-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/cartoons-in-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons In The Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in earliest era of animation, besides theatrical distribution, there were other outlets for animated cartoons. Mainly these were technical and educational, but there was a limited market for cartoons produced as entertainment in homes and schools. Sometimes they were included with the 8mm, 9.5 and 16mm projector purchases. Usually, they were no frills efforts to shut the kids up between travel reels. Very occasionally, they offered something special.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>John \u201cScarfoot\u201d MacCrory’s fame rests on one rumor; that he brutalized employees that weren’t meeting their quotas; that he’d chain them to their desks and even whip them. Color me skeptical. But it is certain that his was a studio on the lowest rung of the ladder. His legacy is made up of oddball shorts and a failed pilot. Among fans and collectors, it’s generally agreed upon that it was his studio that made a small number of cartoons based on properties for home release by Pathegrams; These two below, and shorts based on BUCK ROGERS and DICK TRACY. The rudimentary animation appears to have been done by professionals; there are spasms of competency and the ANNIE animation includes \u201crubberhose\u201d motion done with know how. But scenes like the clownmobile with its hovering cutout passengers, are simply strange. The ANNIE film was derived from a continuity in the comic strip.<\/p>\n

THE LONE RANGER<\/strong> (John\u201cScarfoot\u201d MacCrory? USA, late 1930s) <\/p>\n