Here’s an effect in Shape Ahoy, a 1945 Popeye cartoon. The animation shows the impact of the blows by having the characters disappear for two frames. Here’s an idea of what the scene looks like.
Multiples, held cels and dry brush are used, too. These are consecutive frames.
Jim Tyer and Ben Solomon are the credited animators.
This is all Tyer - he does the same effect in Terrytoons as well.
ReplyDeleteThese stills are more exciting than the scene in motion. To me, however, the highlight of this cartoon has always been Olive's skinny dipping scene (Olive is usually funniest when she acts sexy); Popeye and Bluto dive in after her and come up in each other's arms and are about to kiss (it's established at the beginning they're on an island where women aren't welcome) when they realize what's going on and each claims he thought he caught a big fish. Uh-huh!
ReplyDeleteIt's also one of the cartoons where Mae Questel is doing Popeye's voice.
Nope - that's Harry Foster Welch voicing Popeye in this short.
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