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Tom Chasing Jerry for 10 hours
Peter Jackson’s Tom & Jerry trilogy (the director’s cut) is now on You Tube.
Classic
“Moon Rock” (1970), A Rare Film by George Dunning
The career of director George Dunning will always be summed up with two words: Yellow Submarine.
Meet the First (Stone Age) Animators
The human desire to animate drawings may stretch further back (much further back) than a couple hundred years.
Modern Car-Toons: A Look At Autos In Mid-Century Animation
Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 60s, cars became a daily part of life and animation reflected the new automobile culture.
Join the KKK (That’s Krazy Kat Klub, You Racist!)
There’s some ugly stuff to be found in the dusty bins of animation history. Case in point: this wildy inappropriate ad promoting Krazy Kat theatrical animated shorts.
Psychedelic Screwball: The Films of Italian Director Bruno Bozzetto
Bruno Bozzetto – who has produced a remarkably solid body of work, ripe for rediscovery.
George Pal Rareties
Leonard Maltin shared with me this recent find: an Artie Shaw record album with cover art by George Pal!
Tomorrow in NYC: Lillian Schwartz Retrospective
The Museum of Modern Art is presenting a retrospective of work by legendary computer animator Lillian Schwartz at 7pm.
“Popeye The Sailor Man” by Billy Murray
Someone on ebay is selling brand new cylinder records – for those who still have working Edison Amberola phonograph machines…
Warner Bros Posts Fleischer Superman Cartoons Online
Yesterday, Warner Bros. quietly post most of the Fleischer Superman cartoons to their You Tube channel. Normally this wouldn’t be big …
“The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam” By Robert Mitchell and Dale Case
I don’t believe I’d ever seen the Oscar-nominated Further Adventures of Uncle Sam (1970) until today. It’s a fascinating time-capsule of …
This Friday in NYC: Documentary About Richard Williams’ “The Thief and the Cobbler”
This Friday, November 9th, New Yorkers can see the East Coast premiere of Kevin Schreck’s new documentary Persistence of Vision, about …
Friday in LA: Rare Stop-Motion Classics
I think all twelve programs compromising the latest Platform International Animation Festival are terrific – not a bad show in the batch. …
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 …
FIRST LOOK: Jerry on TCM
As previously noted, this Sunday night yours-truly, Jerry Beck, spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of classic animated …
Rare Animation on TCM: “UPA Cartoons”
This is gallery of images from Columbia Pictures cartoon shorts produced by UPA (United Productions of America), the groundbreaking …
Rare Animation on TCM: “Mr. Bug”
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 …
Why Animation on TCM is Important
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 …
Rare Animation on TCM: “Gulliver’s Travels”
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 …
Google Creates Homage To Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo
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 …
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