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Dick Beals

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"Born in Detroit, as a child Dick Beals was too small to play sports, instead opting to be a cheerleader. He attended Michigan State University, where he began to lend his voice to radio broadcasting. In the 1940s, Beal began to do voice acting profes..."

Gumby Episode Three: The Little Lost Pony

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Producer(s): Art Clokey

Release Date: 23/03/1957

"Gumby is watching television when he hears of a pony escaped from a nearby storybook. He finds the lost pony stuck to a train track while he's out playing, and learns that the pony, whose name is Pokey, is not really lost at all, just bored. Pokey ta..."

Hermína Týrlová

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"Often called the mother of Czech animation, Hermína Týrlová was a pioneer in the long Czech tradition of puppet and stop-motion animation. She helped to found animation production at the major company Ziln Studios, laying further groundwork for fu..."

Interplanetary Revolution

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Release Date: 08/18/1924

"Comrade Kominterov undertakes an intergalactic mission to defeat the capitalists and fascists of Mars, and beyond, in this experimental parody of Aelita (Protazanov, 1924)."

Jan Švankmajer

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"Jan Švankmajer is a Czechoslovakian surrealist artist, filmmaker and animator. His work revolves around the exploration of imaginative meanings within objects of the everyday specifically through their tactile qualities. Filled with grotesque imager..."

Machi Uri no Shōjo

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Producer(s): Matsue Jinbo

Release Date: 1967

"Machi Uri no Shōjo / The Little Match Girl / マッチ売りの少女 (1967) is based on Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's 1845 fairy tale of the same name. The tragic tale depicts a young girl trying to sell matches on the street with her fat..."

Neighbours

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Producer(s): Norman McLaren

Release Date: 01/01/1952

Nikolai Khodataev

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"Born in the village of Konstantinovsk in 1892, the son of a wealthy tsarist official, Nikolai Khodataev took painting lessons in his youth, eventually enrolling in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, at the age of twenty. In ..."

Peetrikese unenägu/Little Peeter’s Dream

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Release Date: 1958

Rakvickarna/Punch and Judy

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Producer(s): Erna Kmínková Jirí Vanek

Release Date: 1966

""Two puppets, Punch and Joey, do battle to the death over the custody of a live guinea pig.""

Stephen and Timothy Quay (Brothers Quay)

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"Stephen and Timothy Quay are identical twin brothers and animators, working together as the Quay Brothers. They are extremely influential in the field of stop-motion animation, creating dark and esoteric works that have built on several fascinating a..."

The Mascot / Fétiche

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Producer(s): Gelmafilm M.J. Kandel

Release Date: 1934