Sunday, 19 January 2014
The Lousy Violinist and Great Humanitarian
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Jack Benny, Comedian was also Jack Benny, Patron of the Arts. He and his violin appeared at countless benefit concerts and it’d probably b...
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Saturday, 18 January 2014
Cartoons of 1939 Part 1
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Walt Disney was looking for something new throughout the ‘30s, so it’s no surprise he was looking at television. TV stations had been on a...
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Friday, 17 January 2014
Cartoon Carnival
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No TV to watch cartoons? No problem. Just head to your neighbourhood theatre. Here’s one which had a matinee of 17 cartoon shorts. Yeah,...
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Thursday, 16 January 2014
Lights of the Silvery Moon
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Weird creatures populated all kinds of cartoons made in New York in the early ‘30s. One of those shorts was Van Beuren’s “Silvery Moon” (193...
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Wednesday, 15 January 2014
The Duck Who Wasn't
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Everyone knows Frank Milano was the voice of Donald Duck. Well, he was. Just not the way you think. Clarence Nash portrayed Donald in the D...
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Tuesday, 14 January 2014
A Sign of Tex Avery
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Phoney title card introductions and explanatory signs were all part of Tex Avery’s comedy arsenal during his directorial career. We get both...
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Monday, 13 January 2014
Clampett Cut
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Bob Clampett had the oddest cuts at times. He’d jump from one scene to the next and the action wouldn’t be consistent. Here’s an example f...
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Entertaining in the Korean War Zone
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Bob Hope wasn’t the only star who travelled around the world entertaining troops, though he’s probably the first person you think of when th...
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