Posts tagged Fleischer.
January 17, 2013 · Big Cartoon DataBase
From the Fleischer Color Classics series, today we celebrate Somewhere In Dreamland. While this was not the first cartoon in the Color Classics series, it does have the unique distinction of being the first from the series produced in three-strip Technicolor. The prior shorts were all done in the inferior two-strip process.
May 7, 2012 · Dave Koch
#CotD: Wimpy isn't just after hamburgers in "What-- No, Spinach?" which does feature the famous green vegetable in the end.
April 6, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Babe Ruth makes a cameo appearance as Tweedledum and Tweedledee in "Betty In Blunderland". Also look for Ed Wynn in this short.
March 11, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Cab Calloway's first appearance in a Betty Boop cartoon was in 1932's "Minnie The Moocher" which begins with actual film footage of Cab Calloway dancing in front of his orchestra.
February 21, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Today we visit Gabby in "Two For The Zoo". Gabby was the first animated character to make the jump from a feature film to his own series.
February 17, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: A great example of how racy a pre-Hayes Code short could be, "Is My Palm Read" features Betty Boop in her birthday suit. Don't believe us- watch it.
January 27, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Even back in 1939, studios would release "best of" compilations as new material. "Customers Wanted" not only was made from 2 previous cartoons, but was remade itself in 1955!
January 26, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: Fleischer Studios semi-regulars Hunky and Spunky got their start in "Always Kickin'" in the Color Classics Theatrical Cartoon Series.
January 17, 2012 · Dave Koch
CotD: "Somewhere In Dreamland " was Fleischer Studios first cartoon filmed completely in Technicolor.
December 28, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: The early Two-Strip Technicolor cartoon "An Elephant Never Forgets" make use of the three-dimensional background effect achieved through use of a revolving turntable set up behind the cel screen.
December 22, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
CotD: Yesterday we had Snow White; two years and a day later, "Gulliver's Travels" was released.... the second fully animated feature film.
November 27, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Popeye's first color cartoon "Popeye The Sailor Meets Sindbad The Sailor" was a two-reeler; twice as long as a standard short of the time.
September 26, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: One of the Fleischers' Screen Songs "Strike Up The Band" featured a bouncing biscuit rather than the normal bouncing ball...
August 12, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Post-code Betty Boop Theatrical Cartoons like "Pudgy The Watchman" is not as sexy as the earlier shorts, but can be a lot of fun ~
May 23, 2011 · Dave Koch
Bimbo is trying to get in to see a theater stage show. Because he has no money, Bimbo tries various dodges to sneak into the theater, and eventually succeeds. A standard set of Fleischer audience gags follows: First, Bimbo can't see because he is behind a large hippopotamus who always shifts to block Bimbo's view; the hippo is replaced by a woman with a big hat.
May 12, 2011 · Dave Koch
When an elephant punctures a rubber tree, he gets Betty- and the whole town- bouncing.
May 7, 2011 · Dave Koch
Wimpy is working in Bluto's Restaurant and tries all sorts of tricks to get free food (including pouring hot sauce on Popeye's roast duck).
April 7, 2011 · Dave Koch
Olive has a job at Surprise Pictures as a script girl when she dreams up a story of Popeye in the Aladdin tale. Popeye is a poor young man tricked by an evil magician who tries to use him to get the lamp. The plot fails, and Popeye uses the lamp to become a prince and woo the princess of old Persia (played by Olive). The magician tricks the princess into giving him the lamp, and takes her for himself.
April 6, 2011 · Dave Koch
Betty Boop falls asleep while working on a jigsaw puzzle of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" characters. The White Rabbit in the puzzle comes to life, and Betty follows him through the mirror (a.k.a. looking glass) into Blunderland, which is just like Wonderland, except that it has subway stations. She finds herself in front of a miniature subway kiosk, through which the rabbit has passed.
March 25, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
Betty Boop and Bimbo take a streetcar ride to Crazy Town for a little vacation, a city where everything is upside-down: fishes are flying, birds are swimming, mice are roaring, the lions crow like roosters... Suddenly, a piano grows out of the ground, and Betty and Bimbo perform for all the town's animals.