Author: Darrell Van Citters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578778112
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special is an in-depth examination of the highly unlikely teaming of Mr. Magoo, Charles Dickens and Broadway songwriters Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
The Art of Jay Ward Productions
Author: Darrell Van Citters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578845241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
One animation empire was built on a mouse, another was built on a rabbit. This one was built on the unlikely combination of a moose and squirrel. It began in the late 1940's, when Jay Ward and his lifetime friend, Alex Anderson, joined forces to create a cartoon series for the fledgling medium of television with a budget that would make "shoestring" look generous. The result was Crusader Rabbit, which debuted on a local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in mid-summer of 1950. The cheaply produced and minimally animated series became the inauspicious and unlikely beginning of a TV animation powerhouse with a defiantly innovative-and influential-brand of humor that shaped animated comedy for decades. As the 1950's drew to a close, Ward, with now-former partner Anderson's blessing, took two characters from an unsold series they had developed together, teamed with writer Bill Scott and a couple of freelance UPA artists, and created a short pilot film starring a flying squirrel and a hapless but hilarious moose. That pilot, Rocky The Flying Squirrel, launched an animation studio that turned out the funniest, hippest and most satirical cartoons on television and creating a comic vocabulary for generations of children and their parents. The shows produced at Jay Ward Productions featured the wittiest writing in the medium, some of the best character voice work, and ... some of the worst animation. Assembling a staff of first rate writers and artists, Jay Ward was undermined by the cheapest budgets in what was already a low-budget medium. And it showed. In one of the earliest examples of runaway production, Ward was forced to send the animation out of the country. But what was happening with the art off the screen revealed a fascinating dichotomy of the brilliant draftsmanship on the drawing boards and the crude but effective work that was aired. This behind-the-scenes artwork was never meant to be seen by the general public but was merely a means to an end. Now, for the first time anywhere, we are provided an in-depth look at the comic artistry of a talented group of designers, storytellers and directors who created such fondly remembered shows as Rocky and His Friends, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History, Dudley Do-right, George of the Jungle and Super Chicken.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578845241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
One animation empire was built on a mouse, another was built on a rabbit. This one was built on the unlikely combination of a moose and squirrel. It began in the late 1940's, when Jay Ward and his lifetime friend, Alex Anderson, joined forces to create a cartoon series for the fledgling medium of television with a budget that would make "shoestring" look generous. The result was Crusader Rabbit, which debuted on a local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in mid-summer of 1950. The cheaply produced and minimally animated series became the inauspicious and unlikely beginning of a TV animation powerhouse with a defiantly innovative-and influential-brand of humor that shaped animated comedy for decades. As the 1950's drew to a close, Ward, with now-former partner Anderson's blessing, took two characters from an unsold series they had developed together, teamed with writer Bill Scott and a couple of freelance UPA artists, and created a short pilot film starring a flying squirrel and a hapless but hilarious moose. That pilot, Rocky The Flying Squirrel, launched an animation studio that turned out the funniest, hippest and most satirical cartoons on television and creating a comic vocabulary for generations of children and their parents. The shows produced at Jay Ward Productions featured the wittiest writing in the medium, some of the best character voice work, and ... some of the worst animation. Assembling a staff of first rate writers and artists, Jay Ward was undermined by the cheapest budgets in what was already a low-budget medium. And it showed. In one of the earliest examples of runaway production, Ward was forced to send the animation out of the country. But what was happening with the art off the screen revealed a fascinating dichotomy of the brilliant draftsmanship on the drawing boards and the crude but effective work that was aired. This behind-the-scenes artwork was never meant to be seen by the general public but was merely a means to an end. Now, for the first time anywhere, we are provided an in-depth look at the comic artistry of a talented group of designers, storytellers and directors who created such fondly remembered shows as Rocky and His Friends, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History, Dudley Do-right, George of the Jungle and Super Chicken.
Charles Dickens
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517385630
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Unabridged collection of four classic Dickens novels: Great Expectations; Hard Times; A Christmas Carol; A Tale of Two Cities.
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517385630
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Unabridged collection of four classic Dickens novels: Great Expectations; Hard Times; A Christmas Carol; A Tale of Two Cities.
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special
Author: Darrell Van Citters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578778112
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special is an in-depth examination of the highly unlikely teaming of Mr. Magoo, Charles Dickens and Broadway songwriters Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578778112
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special is an in-depth examination of the highly unlikely teaming of Mr. Magoo, Charles Dickens and Broadway songwriters Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 50th Anniversary Edition
Author: Darrell Van Citters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615642802
Category : Mister Magoo's Christmas carol (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
An updated & revised version of the previous edition on the making of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol featuring new information, over 130 new images and a soundtrack CD.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615642802
Category : Mister Magoo's Christmas carol (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
An updated & revised version of the previous edition on the making of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol featuring new information, over 130 new images and a soundtrack CD.
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Author: Classic Media, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972480536
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
From the animated musical version of Dickens story of the metamorphosis of a miser into a caring person on Christmas Eve. The nearsighted Mr. Magoo is Ebenezer Scrooge.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972480536
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
From the animated musical version of Dickens story of the metamorphosis of a miser into a caring person on Christmas Eve. The nearsighted Mr. Magoo is Ebenezer Scrooge.
Christimas in Birmingham
Author: Tim Hollis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585238X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
For decades, the Christmas season in Birmingham was not complete without the sights and sounds of the retail district. During the season, the Magic City made magic with elaborate light displays and the Living Christmas Tree in Woodrow Wilson Park. Many remember the battling Santas of Loveman's and Pizitz, each vying for the hearts of the community. The elaborate Enchanted Forest dazzled shoppers on the sixth floor at Pizitz. In the 1940s, more than 200,000 people lined the streets each year to make merry for the Christmas Carnival parade. Author and local historian Tim Hollis celebrates the happy history of Birmingham's holiday season, reviving the traditions and festivities, the food and shopping of days gone by.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585238X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
For decades, the Christmas season in Birmingham was not complete without the sights and sounds of the retail district. During the season, the Magic City made magic with elaborate light displays and the Living Christmas Tree in Woodrow Wilson Park. Many remember the battling Santas of Loveman's and Pizitz, each vying for the hearts of the community. The elaborate Enchanted Forest dazzled shoppers on the sixth floor at Pizitz. In the 1940s, more than 200,000 people lined the streets each year to make merry for the Christmas Carnival parade. Author and local historian Tim Hollis celebrates the happy history of Birmingham's holiday season, reviving the traditions and festivities, the food and shopping of days gone by.
Educational Film/video Locator of the Consortium of University Film Centers and R.R. Bowker
Author: Consortium of University Film Centers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1680
Book Description
Mister Magoo's a Christmas Carol
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Facets Video Encyclopedia
Author: Catherine Foley
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Calling it 'a virtual cinemath'que on video', the Telluride Film Festival gave its coveted Silver Medallion award to Facets Video Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia lists more than 35,000 rare films on video, laser disc and DVD. Included are foreign, independent, classic American, silent, documentary, experimental, cult and children's films. Each is carefully described and lists director, country of origin, year and running time credits and is categorized and cross-referenced by director and country. All films are available for sale or rent from Facets Multimedia.
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Calling it 'a virtual cinemath'que on video', the Telluride Film Festival gave its coveted Silver Medallion award to Facets Video Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia lists more than 35,000 rare films on video, laser disc and DVD. Included are foreign, independent, classic American, silent, documentary, experimental, cult and children's films. Each is carefully described and lists director, country of origin, year and running time credits and is categorized and cross-referenced by director and country. All films are available for sale or rent from Facets Multimedia.
Sponsor
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radio advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radio advertising
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description