A smouldering cigarette creates a cute little flame that starts cheerily destroying everything in the forest in Red Hot Rangers . He makes ...

Some stars know the value of good publicity. That means being organised and not being a jerk. A lot goes on behind the scenes to make a pub...

The Harman-Ising short Honeyland (1935) is an exercise in overkill. More cute characters than Disney! More colours than Disney! That seems ...

Time for a game! Put on a bunch of Harman-Ising cartoons from the early ‘30s. ● Take a drink every time a female character says “Yoo-hoo!” ...

Can anyone explain who was supposed to be entertained by the “Ham and Hattie” series from UPA? In watching and listening to Spring (1957),...

Does anyone send fan mail anymore? In this age of social media, where stars communicate with their fans, maybe fan mail is obsolete. Or it’...

Screwy Squirrel wants to know from Meathead if he’s the guy who chases the screwy squirrels that bust out of a mental hospital? After gettin...

An old animation trick to show fear was to draw characters with wavy outlines and alternate the drawing with another with smooth outlines. ...

It was a case of advertising the advertising. “Have you heard the chant of the tobacco auctioneer?” asked print ads in 1938 for Lucky Strik...