Get ready, cartoon fans. Your eyeballs have ONE MORE CHANCE:The 3-D Film Festival is returning to Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this September — and this time, the animated cartoons will be presented all in one program - hosted by yours truly, Jerry Beck - Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm. I urge you to buy your tickets now! This show will sell out.The animated shorts program will include all the 3-D Hollywood cartoons released in 1953 and 1954, including Casper in BOO MOON, Disney’s MELODY, Bugs Bunny in LUMBERJACK RABBIT, Woody Woodpecker in HYPNOTIC HICK, Donald Duck in WORKING FOR PEANUTS and — the world premiere of a restored POPEYE, THE ACE OF SPACE (courtesy of Warner Bros.). The program will also feature other animated films, including experimental shorts by Norman McLaren, and stop motion puppet films. DO NOT MISS THIS ANIMATION EVENT. Fly in from around the world, if you have to, for this once in a lifetime gathering of rare 3-D animation.SabuCat Productions is presenting the World 3-D Film Expo II from September 8th through September 17th, 2006, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The 10 day festival will not only be highlighting the sold out shows of 2003, but will also be showing EIGHT new “Golden Era” feature films, most of which have never been seen in over 50 years in 3-D. (In fact, two of the titles have never been shown in 3-D even in the 1950’s!) 35 features and over 20 short subjects (including the two THREE STOOGES shorts and Bob Clampett’s TIME FOR BEANY) will unspool at the Expo. Please go directly to the 3-D Expo website for more information. This event is Highly Recommended.

This archive photo shows producer Charles Mintz (at left) and animation directors Ben Harrision and Manny Gould (on the right) standing with “Miss Krazy Kat” in 1928. One year later, this group would move from New York to Hollywood, switch distributors from Paramount to Columbia and start a series of lively musical KRAZY KAT cartoons which have drifted into complete obscurity.On May 20th, I will be hosting another ASIFA-Hollywood screening of 35mm restored KRAZY KAT cartoons from the 1930s - a new program of shorts containing several cartoons unseen in over 70 years! Mark your calendar now - Saturday May 20th at 3:00pm in the Ted Ashley Screening Room on the AFI Los Angeles campus. Our first screening of KRAZY KAT shorts, last fall, was completely packed. Admission is free for Asifa Hollywood members ($10. for non-members). And we will crown a new “Miss Krazy Kat” at the start of the show! (If anyone can identify the gent standing next to Mintz in the photo above, we’d love to know who he is)