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\nIt\u2019s a short one this week and I scramble to finish several project here. More on that soon.<\/p>\n
I was honestly surprised that I never posted this short before \u2014 but then again, maybe it would have been better to not post it now either!!<\/p>\n\n
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First, in Thunderbean land:<\/p>\n
On Saturday, along with film historian John Monahan, I\u2019m doing our annual classic cartoon festival<\/a> show at the Redford Theatre in Redford, Michigan. I love doing this show since it gives me a chance to screen some of the prints I\u2019ve near seen on the big screen, along with restorations of some of the things we\u2019ve been doing. It\u2019s at 2pm only on Saturday. So, if you\u2019re not too far away come see cartoons on the big screen! About half the show is vintage 35mm Technicolor prints! CLICK HERE<\/a> for details and tickets.<\/p>\n And \u2014 this week\u2019s cartoon\u2014er, sort of:<\/p>\n Dolly Doings<\/em> (1917) is one of the \u2018Motoy\u2019 series, featuring animated children\u2019s dolls moving courtesy of stop motion animation. A title card informs us that dolls come to life daily, for just one moment. The various dolls are introduced: Some are pretty standard, others more kewpie-esque and cartoony dolls. <\/p>\n This little film is more interesting than actually good. The doll animation is pretty uninspired, and I think something is lost in the humor department over the last 108 years or so. Looking at what was being produced around the same time, it\u2019s definitely not in the best category. It looks like around 16 were made in the series. It would be interesting to see some of the others as well. One, Mary and Gretel<\/em>, seems to be around online.<\/p>\n
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