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Frank Smith (animator)
Frank A. Smith (August 31, 1911 – February 23, 1975) was an American cartoon animator and film director. He was the father of actor and film director Charles Martin Smith, and the brother of animator and director Paul Smith and animator Hank Smith. Biography Born in Gladstone, Michigan, Smith left home in his teens with the dream of working in films. He lost one of his eyes in a sawmill accident. Not having any money, he made his way across country to Hollywood by hitching rides illegally on freight trains. After some time of living as a hobo, he finally reached Hollywood in 1930. Smith eventually was hired on as an animator at the Fleischer Studios in the late 1930s. He worked on several feature films with that studio, including ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1939) and various short films including ''Popeye'' cartoons and ''Betty Boop''. In the 40s he was appointed the Animation Supervisor of Walter Lantz Productions, working alongside his brother Paul. He then joined UPA studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladstone, Michigan
Gladstone is a city in Delta County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. First settled in 1877, Gladstone's original name was Minnewasca. The population was 5,257 according to the 2020 census, The U.S. Highways 2 and 41 run concurrently through the city, connecting it to various other communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The city of Escanaba lies roughly 14 km (9 mi) to the south. History Initial settlement The first people to occupy the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were Algonquin speaking peoples. Gladstone was first settled by European descendants in 1859 when the Hamilton Corporation of Fayette began using it as a shipping port for selling and transporting iron ore. The earliest development was located along Saunder's Point, a small peninsula extending into Little Bay De Noc. The peninsula was named for Captain Nate Saunders who headquartered there while fishing at various points along the bay. Change from shipping port to rail hub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Productions Of America
United Productions of America, better known as UPA, was an American animation studio and later distribution company founded in 1941 as Industrial Film and Poster Service by former Walt Disney Productions employees. Beginning with industrial and World War II training films, UPA eventually produced theatrical shorts for Columbia Pictures such as the Mr. Magoo series. In 1956, UPA produced a television series for CBS, '' The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show'', hosted by Gerald McBoing Boing. In the 1960s, UPA produced syndicated Mr. Magoo and '' Dick Tracy'' television series and other series and specials, including '' Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol''. UPA also produced two animated features, '' 1001 Arabian Nights'' and '' Gay Purr-ee'', and distributed Japanese films from Toho Studios in the 1970s and 1980s. Universal Pictures currently owns the majority of the UPA library after their acquisition of DreamWorks Animation in 2016. The theatrical shorts, which were released by Columb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , causing a partial collapse resulting in 12 deaths. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11. * January 20 ** In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the Politburo approves the final military offensive against South Vietnam. ** Work is abandoned on the 1974 Anglo-French Channel Tunnel scheme. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Births
Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 4 – Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott expeditions, Amundsen and Scott expeditions: Robert Falcon Scott's British Terra Nova Expedition, ''Terra Nova'' Expedition to the South Pole arrives in the Antarctic and establishes a base camp at Cape Evans on Ross Island. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoopy Come Home
''Snoopy Come Home'' is a 1972 American animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Bill Melendez and written by Charles M. Schulz, based on the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. Marking the on-screen debut of Woodstock, who had first appeared in the strip in 1967, the main plot was based on a storyline from August 1968. The only ''Peanuts'' film during composer Vince Guaraldi’s lifetime without a score composed by him, its music was composed by the Sherman Brothers, who composed the music for various Disney films like ''Mary Poppins'' (1964), ''The Jungle Book'' (1967), and ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' (1971). ''Snoopy Come Home'' was released on August 9, 1972, by National General Corporation, produced by Lee Mendelson Films, Bill Melendez Productions and Cinema Center Films (in the latter's final production). While not a commercial success, it received largely positive reviews, and fared far more successfully on home video. Plot Snoopy receives a letter and, upon reading i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
''A Boy Named Charlie Brown'' is a 1969 American animated musical comedy-drama film, produced by Cinema Center Films, distributed by National General Pictures, and directed by Bill Melendez with a screenplay by Charles M. Schulz. It is the first feature film based on the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. Starring Peter Robbins, Pamelyn Ferdin, Glenn Gilger, and Andy Pforsich, the film follows the titular character as he tries to win the National Spelling Bee, with Snoopy and Linus by his side. The film was produced by Lee Mendelson. The film was based on a comic strip storyline from February 1966, which ended differently when Charlie Brown lost his local school's spelling bee. Regular ''Peanuts'' composer Vince Guaraldi and John Scott Trotter composed the score while Rod McKuen wrote many of the songs as well as the title song "A Boy Named Charlie Brown". This film was the last time Peter Robbins provided the voice of Charlie Brown. Releasing on December 4, 1969, ''A Boy Named Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'' is a 1966 American animated Halloween television special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'' by Charles M. Schulz. The third ''Peanuts'' special, and the second holiday-themed special, to be created, it was written by Schulz along with director/animator Bill Melendez and producer Lee Mendelson. The cast included Peter Robbins as Charlie Brown, Christopher Shea as Linus Van Pelt, Sally Dryer as Lucy Van Pelt, and Melendez as Snoopy. The special features music composed by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, whose contributions include the theme song " Linus and Lucy". It aired on broadcast television every year from its debut in 1966 until 2020, when it became an Apple TV+ exclusive. ''It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown'' follows the children of the ''Peanuts'' comics as they celebrate Halloween, while Linus forgoes celebrations to wait in a pumpkin patch for the mythical Great Pumpkin. The sequence following Snoopy as a World War I fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Charlie Brown Christmas
''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' is a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'', by Charles M. Schulz, and features the voices of Peter Robbins, Christopher Shea, Kathy Steinberg, Tracy Stratford, and Bill Melendez. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Melendez, the program made its debut on the CBS television network on December 9, 1965. In the special, Charlie Brown (Robbins) finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season. After Lucy van Pelt (Stratford) suggests he direct a neighborhood Christmas play, his best efforts are ignored and mocked by his peers when he chooses a puny Christmas tree as a centerpiece. After the comic strip's debut in 1950, ''Peanuts'' had become a worldwide phenomenon by the mid-1960s. The special was commissioned and sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company, and was written over a period of several weeks, and produced on a small budget in six months. In casting the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peanuts
''Peanuts'' (briefly subtitled ''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown'') is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ''Peanuts'' is among the most popular and influential in the history of comic strips, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being". At the time of Schulz's death in 2000, ''Peanuts'' ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of roughly 355 million across 75 countries, and had been translated into 21 languages. It helped to cement the Yonkoma, four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. Following successful TV and theatrical adaptations over the years, a The Peanuts Movie, movie adaptation was released by Blue Sky Studios in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Melendez
José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American animator, director, producer, and voice actor. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials, as well as providing the voices of Snoopy and Woodstock. Before ''Peanuts'', he previously worked as an animator for Walt Disney Productions, Warner Bros. Cartoons, and UPA. In a career spanning over 60 years, he won six Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for thirteen more. In addition, he was nominated for an Oscar and five Grammy Awards. The two ''Peanuts'' specials, ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' and '' What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?'', which he directed, were each honored with a Peabody Award. Early life A native of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, Melendez was educated in American public schools in Douglas, Arizona. He later attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles (which would later become California Institute of the Arts). Early animation work (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playhouse Pictures
Playhouse () is a common term for a theatre. Playhouse, The Playhouse, Playhouse Theatre, or Playhouse Theater may also refer to: Venues and theatre companies Australia * Dunstan Playhouse, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia * The Playhouse, at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria * The Playhouse, at the Canberra Theatre Centre in Canberra, ACT * The Playhouse, at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney * The Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Queensland * The Playhouse, at the Sydney Opera House, New South Wales * The Playhouse (1916–1933), became Garrick Theatre (Melbourne), Victoria * Playhouse Theatre (Perth), a theatre in Perth, Western Australia, demolished in 2012 * Playhouse Theatre (Hobart), a theatre in Hobart, Tasmania Austria * Landestheater Niederösterreich,St. Pölten * Schauspielhaus Salzburg * Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna Canada * The Playhouse (Fredericton), a theatre in Fredericton, New Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cineaste Productions
Cineaste (or cinéaste) may refer to: * A cinema enthusiast; a cinephile * A person involved in filmmaking Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ... * ''Cinéaste'' (magazine), a quarterly periodical about films * '' Cinéast(e)s'', a 2013 documentary film about women filmmakers {{disambiguation nl:Cineast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
