Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation
Filed under: resource, Animated film history and criticism, Book
Author: Giannalberto Bendazzi
"This book analyzes animated film as an autonomous art form that has nevertheless been affected by the economics of live-action cinema as well as social and political forces, for instance the dislocation of Continental Europe's animators by World War ..."
Flip the Frog – Spooks
Filed under: animation, 1930s, Animated film history and criticism, Early Sound, Flip the Frog, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, U.S.A., Ub Iwerks, 1931
Producer(s): Ub Iwerks Pat Powers
Release Date: 21/12/1931
"Seeking shelter from a storm, Flip and his horse arrive at a house which, unbeknownst to them, is inhabited entirely by skeletons. Flip sits through a ghoulish dinner with the head of the house before enjoying a bout of dancing with a lady skeleton. ..."
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus
Filed under: animation, 1910s, Animated film history and criticism, Krazy Kat, Silent, U.S.A., 1916
Producer(s): William Randolph Hearst
Release Date: 17/03/1916
"While at the circus, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse enter into a rivalry over whether cats or mice are braver."
Verwitterte Melodie (Weather-beaten Melody 1943)
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Animated film history and criticism, Children's film, Germany, hand-drawn, Hans Fischerkoesen , Propaganda, UFA Film GmbH, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Release Date: 04/06/1943
"Weather-beaten Melody follows the main character, a female bee as she wanders through a sunny meadow. Her character is provided autonomy and depth of character that is rare to find in animated media in the 1940’s. (Mortiz, 1..."