What was Jack Benny doing for Christmas 89 years ago? Hanging out with Fanny Brice. And an almost empty theatre. Yes, the show must go on. ...

Snow covers the remains of the devastation of war in the opening pan shots of Hugh Harman’s Peace On Earth , released at Christmas time 1939...

In 1936, Jack Zander, Bill Littlejohn and Joe Barbera were working for New York’s not-very-respected Van Beuren cartoon studio. A few years ...

Nothing says ‘30s cartoons like celebrity caricatures. And the holiday season wasn’t spared them either. A few are supporting players in B...

What does Christmas mean in Hollywood? Probably the same as anywhere else; it means different things to different people. Associated Pres...

The Charlie Mintz studio goes for sentiment in the fantasy cartoon Holiday Land , released at Christmas time in 1934. It’s a nice little car...

The endlessly-talking Little Blabbermouse finally shuts up at the end of the Warner Bros. cartoon Shop, Look and Listen (1940). But assista...

Benny Rubin was a star, so big a thoroughbred race horse was named for him. But unlike his friend Jack Benny, he didn’t remain one when vaud...

On Christmas Eve 1965, Hedda Hopper announced in her column that How the Grinch Stole Christmas would come to television in an animated hal...