Title:
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in its Golden Age
Author:J. Michael Barrier
Date published:1999
Publisher:New York: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195037596 (cl. : alk. paper), 0195167295 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
This is a guide to American animation in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. The author discusses black-and-white silent cartoons and offers an insightful account of early New York studios and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. The author illuminates the creative side of animation, and reveals how stories are put together, how animators develop a character, and how technical innovations enhance the “realism” of cartoons. The book is mostly based on hundreds of interviews with veteran animators.