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Ralph Phillips (Looney Tunes)
''From A to Z-Z-Z-Z'' is a 1954 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' animated cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was released on October 16, 1954, and stars Ralph Phillips. Written by Michael Maltese and produced by Edward Selzer, it was animated by Ken Harris, Lloyd Vaughan and Ben Washam. Voices were provided by Dick Beals,Ralph Phillips at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Mel Blanc, Marian Richman and Norman Nesbitt. The short was nominated for "Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Best Short Subject, Cartoons" at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, painter, voice actor and filmmaker, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produced, and/or directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, and Porky Pig, among others. Jones started his career in 1933 alongside Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, and Robert McKimson at the Leon Schlesinger Production's Termite Terrace studio, the studio that made Warner Brothers cartoons, where they created and developed the Looney Tunes characters. During the Second World War, Jones directed many of the ''Private Snafu'' (1943–1946) shorts which were shown to members of the United States military. After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started MGM Animation/Visual Arts, Sib Tower 12 Productions and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyhood Daze
''Boyhood Daze'' is a 1957 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The script was written by Michael Maltese, and the film score was composed by Milt Franklyn. The film was produced by Edward Selzer. The voices were provided by Dick Beals, Daws Butler and Marian Richman. It contains the science fiction element of an alien invasion. The short was released on September 20, 1957, and features young boy Ralph Phillips (Looney Tunes), Ralph Philips. Following ''From A to Z-Z-Z-Z'' (1954), it is one of two cartoons in which he stars. The title of this short is a play on the phrase "boyhood days". Plot The cartoon starts with an exterior shot of a house window before a baseball is sent through it from inside the home, breaking it in the process. The cause is naturally revealed to be Ralph, with someone (Ralph, his mother or both) exclaiming, "Ohhh nooo!", and Ralph’s mother subsequently sending him up to his bedroom until his father gets home. Up in his ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looney Tunes Shorts
Looney or loonie may refer to: People * Looney (surname) * Looney or lunatic, antiquated term for mentally ill person * LoOney (born 1980), Serbian singer-songwriter, actor, director and comic artist * Looney, nickname of William Hinde (1900–1981), British Army major general * Looney, nickname of Rudy Williams (1909–1954), American jazz saxophonist Other uses * '' The Looney: An Irish Fantasy'', a 1987 comic novel by Spike Milligan * "Looney", an early version of the poem " The Sea-Bell" by J. R. R. Tolkien * '' Loonies'', 2002 Dutch family film * Loonie, common name for the Canadian one dollar coin, which bears an image of the loon * Looney Labs, a small company known for the Fluxx line of card games See also * ''Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American media franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The franchise began as a series of animated short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, alongside its spin-off series ''Merrie Melodies'', du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Films
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International Events * A reproduction of "America's First Movie Studio", Thomas Edison's Black Maria, is constructed. * May 12 — The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda. The two were married in 1927. * September 29 — '' A Star is Born'' premieres and marks Judy Garland's comeback after her termination from her contract at MGM. An astounding success with critics and audiences, ''A Star is Born'' not only marks the first time that legendary director George Cukor has made a film musical or a film in Technicolor and in anamorphic widescreen format, but also becomes regarded as one of Garland's best performances in her film career. * November 3 — The film '' Godzilla'' premieres in Japan. It becomes a huge success and the first in the ''Godzilla'' film fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video (HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs, resulting in an increased capacity. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and Compact disc, CDs. Conventional (or "pre-BDXL") Blu-ray discs contain 25gigabyte, GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50GB) being the industry standard for fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 1
Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to: Albums * ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966 * ''Volume One'' (Sleep album) * ''Volume One'' (Fluff album) * ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008 * ''Volume One'' (Two Steps from Hell album), 2006 *'' The Honeydrippers: Volume One'', 1984 * ''Vol. I'' (Dead Combo album) * ''Vol. 1'' (Birds of Maya album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (EP), by Breed 77 * ''Vol. 1'' (Hurt album), 2006 * ''Vol. 1'' (Nekropolis album), 2003 * ''Vol. 1'' (The Tempers album), 2010 * ''Vol. 1'' (We Are The Becoming album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (BROS_album), 2016 * ''Vol. 1'' (Goatsnake album), 1999 * ''Volume 1'' (Reagan Youth album) * ''Volume 1'' (CKY album) * ''Volume I'' (Queensberry album), 2008 * ''Volume 1'' (Fabrizio De André album), 1967 * ''Volume 1'' (Billy Bragg album), 2006 * ''Volume 1'' (The Besnard Lakes album), 2003 * ''Volume 1'' (BNQT album), 2017 * ''Volume 1'' (Future Boy album) *''Volume 1'', a video albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Christian Andersen (film)
''Hans Christian Andersen'' is a 1952 Hollywood musical film directed by Charles Vidor and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. The screenplay by Moss Hart and an uncredited Ben Hecht is based on a story by Myles Connolly. Although it is nominally about Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author of many world-famous fairy tales, the film is romantic fiction, and does not relate to Andersen's biography: the introduction describes it as "not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about this great spinner of fairy tales." Andersen, as played by Danny Kaye, is portrayed as a small-town cobbler with a childlike heart and a vivid imagination. A large part of the narrative is told through song (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser) and ballet and includes many of the real Andersen's most famous stories, such as '' The Ugly Duckling'', ''Thumbelina'', '' The Emperor's New Clothes'' and ''The Little Mermaid''. The film was internationally successful at the time of release. Plot In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inchworm (song)
"Inchworm", also known as "The Inch Worm", is a song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film ''Hans Christian Andersen''. It was written by Frank Loesser. Lyrics The song's lyrics express a carpe diem sentiment, with the singer noting that the inchworm of the title has a "business-like mind", and is blind to the beauty of the flowers it encounters: :''Two and two are four'' :''Four and four are eight'' :''That's all you have on your business-like mind'' :''Two and two are four'' :''Four and four are eight'' :''How can you be so blind?'' Subsequent verses include the lines "Measuring the marigolds, you and your arithmetic / You'll probably go far" and "Seems to me you'd stop and see / How beautiful they are". Loesser wrote a counterpoint chorus that, sung by itself, has become popular as a children's song because of its arithmetical chorus: :''Two and two are four'' :''Four and four are eight'' :''Eight and eight are sixteen'' :''Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darrell Van Citters
Darrell Van Citters (born October 29, 1956) is an American director, animator, and author, whose credits include directing the animated television series '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'' and directing popular ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety, and Foghorn Leghorn. He partnered with Ashley Postlewaite in 1992 to form Renegade Animation. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Early career Darrell Van Citters began his career in animation training at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts in the Disney-sponsored Character Animation program. While still at Cal Arts, he spent one summer working at Chuck Jones' studio as in-betweener/gofer. The next summer he spent as an assistant at Filmation Studios. Walt Disney Animation Studios years After graduating, he went straight into the animation business and started at the Walt Disney Studio as a trainee in animation. He worked his way up to animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army (United States), General of the Army. He served with distinction in World War I; as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, chief of staff of the United States Army from 1930 to 1935; as Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area, Southwest Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945 during WWII; as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers overseeing the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951; and as head of the United Nations Command in the Korean War from 1950 to 1951. MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times, and awarded it for his WWII service in the Philippines. He is one of only five people to hold the rank of General of the Army, and the only person to hold the rank of Field Marshal (Philippines), Field Marshal in the Philippine Army. MacArthur, the son of Medal of Honor recipient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the Contiguous United States, lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include any Americans whose origins lie in any of the indigenous peoples of North or South America. The United States Census Bureau publishes data about "American Indians and Alaska Natives", whom it defines as anyone "having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America ... and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment". The census does not, however, enumerate "Native Americans" as such, noting that the latter term can encompass a broader set of groups, e.g. Native Hawaiians, which it tabulates separately. The European colonization of the Americas from 1492 resulted in a Population history of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, precipitous decline in the size of the Native American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pony Express
The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. During its 18 months of operation beginning in 1860, the Pony Express reduced the time for messages to travel between the east and west US coast to about 10 days. It became the west's most direct means of eastwest communication before the first transcontinental telegraph was established (October 24, 1861), and was vital for tying the new state of California with the rest of the United States. Despite a heavy subsidy, the Pony Express was not a financial success and went bankrupt in 18 months, when a faster telegraph service was established. Nevertheless, it demonstrated that a unified transcontinental system of communications could be established and operated year-round. When replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express quickly became romanticized and became part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
