Blogs about: 1946 Through 1960
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What do the Muppets, Pia Zadora, Django Reinhardt, Jimmie Scott, Billie Holiday, Anne Murray, Willie Nelson, Johnnie Ray, Redd Foxx, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, … more →
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"Tubby The Tuba"
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Jeff wrote 10 months ago: Unlike clay animators like Nick Park, Will Vinton or Art Clokey, George Pal’s animators worked … more →
"Jasper In A Jam"
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Jeff wrote 10 months ago: From 1946, a George Pal Puppetoon featuring Charlie Barnet and Peggy Lee, and designed by Reg Massie … more →
"Together In The Weather"
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Jeff wrote 10 months ago: This week, a festival of George Pal Puppetoons designed by my father, Reginald Massie (1909-1989). … more →
The greatest cartoon of all time
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Jeff wrote 10 months ago: And if you disagree, you’re wrong. Everybody do the Michigan Rag Everybody likes the Mich … more →
"Kill da wabbit!"
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Jeff wrote 10 months ago: Although I would personally vote differently, many have called this the greatest cartoon ever made. … more →
Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007
Jeff wrote 10 months ago: One of the greatest jazz pianists of all time passed away on Sunday. From 1958, The Tender Game, a … more →
"Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom"
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Jeff wrote 11 months ago: This cartoon happened because of a strike — the 1941 Disney strike, to be specific. Many of … more →
Great Expectations, fulfilled
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Jeff wrote 11 months ago: When we think of British films, we tend to think small … Kind Hearts and Coronets … A Ha … more →
"I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan"
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: From The Band Wagon (1952), four Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz musical numbers for the price of ( … more →
"I want my Maypo!"
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: Like many great filmmakers, John and Faith Hubley took on commercial jobs during the 1950s and 1960 … more →
"Blue Gardenia"
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: I’ll bet you didn’t know that Nat “King” Cole appears in Citizen Kane. He a … more →
"Dancing In The Dark"
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Jeff wrote 1 year ago: “I don’t think a dancer should smoke,” says Gabrielle Gerard (Cyd Charisse) to T … more →
An American In Paris
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Jeff wrote 1 year ago: Left: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec For the sequence in my screenplay Tabula Rasa in which Lucy escapes … more →
"Come out, come out, wherever you are ..."
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: Poor Holly Martins. He’s travelled all the way from America to post-war Vienna on the promise … more →
Ingmar Bergman, 1918-2007
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: From Wild Strawberries, which I believe to be Ingmar Bergman’s best film, the first dream of P … more →
"Moonbird"
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Jeff wrote 1 year ago: Two little boys go into the forest to trap a bird. Of this tale is an animation legend born. John … more →
Dishonored Lady
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: Dishonored Lady (1947) was the second of two movies that Hedy Lamarr made for her production company … more →
"Rooty Toot Toot"
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: A 1952 short from UPA Productions, featuring, IMHO, the best crew of artists ever to work on an anim … more →
"Well, did you evah?"
Jeff wrote 1 year ago: In 1956, the subtle plotting and clever wordplay of the team of Edward Bernds, Jerome S. Gottler, Be … more →
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