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In Hollywood Cartoons, Michael Barrier takes us on a glorious guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, to meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many other cartoon... read more
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Characters/People edit
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- Schlesinger
- Avery
- Chuck Jones
- Hugh Harman
- Fleischer
- Fred Moore
- Ferguson
- Hanna
- Barbera
- Lantz
- Wilfred Jackson
- Babbitt
- Natwick
- Pinocchio
- Mickey
- Bray
- Jerry
- Freleng
- Schwartz
- Luske
- Hilberman
- Hubley
- Scribner
- Graham
- Gillett
- Johnston
- Dick Huemer
- Quimby
- Davis
- Nolan
- Magoo
- Rudy Ising
- Alice
- Snow White
- Mintz
- Dave Hand
- Felix
- Maltese
- Messmer
- Tom
- Terry
- Lundy
- Thomas
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- Hollywood
- Tytla
- Columbia
- Los Angeles
- Road-runner
- Fantasia
- Kansas City
- California
- Stromboli
- Bosustow
- Tashlin
- Burbank
- Silly Symphony
- Florida
- Miami
- Cinderella
- Bald Mountain
- West Coast
- Universal
- Screen Gems
- East Coast
- Manhattan
- Wonderland
- United Film
- Silly Symphonies
- Europe
- England
- United States
- Warner Bros.
- Hearst
- Washington
- Disneyland
- Duck Hunt
- Cannon
- Just Dogs
- Moviola
- Upa
- Hare Hunt
- Pingo Pongo
- Dover
- Wild Hare
First Sentence edit
The photographs, filled as they are with solemn young men (not many women) dressed in vests and ties, and working at desks in spartan settings, could have been taken in almost any New York office building in the twenties; they do not suggest an artistic undertaking.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the "Flip Books"
I. Introduction
II. Part I: Cartoon Acting
1. Beginnings, 1911-1930
2. Disney, 1930-1933
3. Disney, 1933-1936
4. Disney's Rivals, 1928-1937
5. Disney, 1936-1938
6. Disney, 1938-1941
7. Declines and Falls, 1937-1942
III. Part II: Cartoon Reality
8. Warner Bros., 1933-1940
9. The Disney Diaspora, 1942-1950
10. MGM, 1939-1952
11. Warner Bros., 1941-1945
12. Warner Bros., 1945-1953
13. UPA, 1944-1952
14. The Iris Closes, 1952-1966
Afterward
Notes
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- J. Michael Barrier (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: NC 1766.U5 B37 1999
- Dewey: 791.433
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