Pintoff Productions
Ernest Pintoff's company that produced very well regarded short animation films. Ernest Pintoff was born on December 15, 1931 in Watertown, Connecticut. His career took off in 1957, when he wrote the script for Flebus, followed by 1959 as a producer for the animated short film, The Violinist. Narrated by Carl Reiner, the film earned Pintoff an Oscar nomination and illustrated a promising young career in directing film ahead of him. In 1963, he won an Oscar for his direction of the 1963 film, The Critic.
Cartoons
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The Violinist
A funny spoof on the old saying "to create great music, the artist must suffer." Aspiring violinist P.P. Harry learns that one must suffer- but, perhaps, not too much- in order to achieve g…
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The Interview
A jazz musician and interviewer don't speak the same language. The interviewer is too literal for jazz musician Shorty Petterstein, who is accustomed to expressing himself through music. Pe…
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The Shoes
Featuring Man
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The Huffless, Puffless, Dragon
While all the other dragons are puffing away, one dragon refuses to smoke. They all think he's totally square and a number of them challenge him to fights, races, and arm-wrestling contests…
