Rare Animation on TCM: “Silent Cartoons”
Here’s a fun gallery of actual film frames from the collection of Tom Stathes – the collector extraordinaire who provided the rare prints …
Here’s a fun gallery of actual film frames from the collection of Tom Stathes – the collector extraordinaire who provided the rare prints …
As previously noted, this Sunday night yours-truly, Jerry Beck, spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of classic animated …
This is gallery of images from Columbia Pictures cartoon shorts produced by UPA (United Productions of America), the groundbreaking …
This gallery of images is posted to augment your enjoyment of Max Fleischer’s Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) which will be screened on …
Regular readers to this site are well aware by now that I’ll be part of a six-hour presentation of classic animation on TCM (Turner …
To tie-into my forthcoming appearance on TCM and augment your viewing pleasure, I’m going to post a gallery of art and images each day …
I can’t praise enough Google’s use of their homepage to give credit to animation and comic pioneers. Their front-page Google Doodle for …
Unabashed Plug: Out next week is Vol. 2 of Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray cartoon collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection. I’m a little …
The post about the 1955 Chuck Jones short A Hitch in Time was well received, so let’s complete the story. Jones made at least two more …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the west coast premiere of the classic Chinese animated feature Uproar In …
A Hitch in Time is a new one for me: a 1955 propaganda short directed by Chuck Jones that encouraged U. S. Air Force personnel to …
Writer Chris Lukather has just posted a nice interview with Ruth Clampett which contains some new insights into her father – the …
The old adage goes that history is written by the victors. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other stories worth telling. Recently, I’ve …
I’ve previously plugged Harry McCracken’s ongoing efforts to recognize Columbia Picture’s most popular (and now long forgotten) cartoon …
No matter how many books one reads about classic Disney animation, it’s difficult to imagine the day-to-day life of artists during the …
Looney Tunes mega-fan Matthew Hunter (of the Misce-Looney-Ous blog) has started another worth-while project for the benefit of mankind. …
Seventy-two years ago today – on July 27th, 1940 – Bugs Bunny appeared in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare. The Warner Bros. short is widely …
Imagine that animator/film director Terry Gilliam had a daughter. Imagine that daughter dug through her dad’s archives. Imagine that she …
UPDATE 7/23: It’s official! The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dreamworks is paying $155 million to acquire Classic Media LLP, …
A last look at some of my coolest finds at the Con. And here’s a real winner: this unframed cel, found in a stack of MGM odds and …