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Bonus 'Toon: Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots, ComiColor Cartoons, 1934, Celebrity Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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The Hunting Season, Rainbow Parade, 1935, Van Beuren Studios. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Tom Thumb, ComiColor Cartoons, 1936, Celebrity Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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The Headless Horseman, ComiColor Cartoons, 1934, Celebrity Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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It's a Greek Life, 1936, Van Beuren Studios. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Parrotville Post-Office, Rainbow Parade, 1935, Van Beuren Studios. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Fleischer Studios was founded in 1921 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer. They are most known for producing the Betty Boop and Popeye shorts. Fleischer Studios was an innovator in animation and produced sound films years before The Jazz Singer and Steamboat Willie. In a attempt to better compete with Disney, the brothers moved their studios from New York to Florida in 1937. But the new studios, larger staff and the lack-luster success of their two animated feature files, Gulliver's ...

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Goonland, Popeye the Sailor, 1938, Fleischer Studios. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.

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During World War II, nearly 30% of Disney's animators were drafted, and yet production increased 4-fold. Both the United States and Canadian commissioned Disney to create animated shorts for military and government use, including propaganda. This week we will discuss the propaganda shorts found on the DVD collection: Walt Disney Treasures - On the Front Lines. Animated Short Release Date Our Recommendation: ...

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Booby Traps, Private Snafu, 1944, Warner Brothers. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Ub Iwerks was instrumental to Walt Disney's early success. In fact, the early Mickey Mouse cartoons were almost entirely animated by Ub and was created Disney early distinctive style. Ub left Disney Studios in 1930 after having a falling-out with Walt Disney. Ub formed Celebrity Productions with P.A. Powers, a competitor of Disney. In 1933 Ub created the first multiplane camera, using parts from an old Chevrolet automobile. His multiplane camera was used in a number of the Willie W ...

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Jack Frost, ComiColor, 1934, Celebrity Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Our Recommendation: Schoolhouse Rock was the brain child of ad exec David McCall. McCall noticed that while his son knew the lyrics to every Beatles and Rolling Stones song, he could remember his multiplication tables. McCall had an idea that if he could link music with math, students might just have an easier time with learning. With the help of his agency's creative staff and Texas jazz musician, ...

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Popeye the Sailor was created be Elzie Segar for the comic strip Thimble Theatre and intro introduced in 1929, eventually he proved so popular that the main character, Ham Gravy, was written out. Popeye's first theatrical appearance was in a Fleischer Studio's 1993 Betty Boop cartoon. Fleischer Studios went on to produce 108 Popeye shorts between 1933 and 1942. Famous Studios took over production in 1942 and produced 125 Popeye shorts until 1957. Fleischer Studio's produced ...

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Felix the Cat in Bold King Cole, Rainbow Parade, 1936, Van Beuren Studios. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Our Recommendation: Jerry Beck's Sites: Cartoon Research Cartoon Brew Jerry Beck began his career in animation as a student at The School Of Visual Arts in New York City intent on becoming an animator. But his interest in animation's history led him down another path. Jerry has written 10 books on animation including Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons with Leonard M ...

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Make Mine Freedom, Fun and Facts about America, 1948, John Sutherland Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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Your Safety First, The Automobile Manufactures Association, 1956, John Sutherland Productions. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.

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John Sutherland worked as a assistant director for Disney before opening John Sutherland Productions in 1944 with the encouragement of Walt Disney. They specialized in writing and producing animation/live-action films and supportive print material during the remainder of the war years. Soon thereafter, Sutherland began turning out animated industrial and propaganda films and was a place many animators went during periods of inactivity at the other animation studios during the 40s an ...

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