(Wyner, incidentally, was born Irving Weiner to Benjamin and Ethel Weiner, a pair of Russian emigres. He was living in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1935 when he won a scholarship to the New York Students Arts League. He arrived in California with his wife Joanne and son Richard in 1949; Richard was born in Minnesota. Wyner died in 2002; a plate with Yosemite Sam, Bugs Bunny and Sylvester is on his gravestone).
First is the opening shot; the camera trucks in on it. You can see how Hawley Pratt handled layouts involving the rising beanstalk, and Tweety in a cage with Sylvester below.
















Warren Foster’s story fills six minutes and does little else; he actually wrote more fun fairy tale parodies at Hanna-Barbera.
I agree. Foster did such a great job at Hanna-Barbera with "period" or " Fairy Tale " parodies. " The Unmasked Avenger ", " Oinks and Boinks ", " Snow White Bear " just to mention a few.
ReplyDeleteLooking at these beautiful backgrounds, it's hard not to marvel at how much talent and skill went into not-very-good cartoons.
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