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I. Sparber
Isadore Sparber (March 7, 1906 - August 29, 1958) was an American storyboard artist, writer, director and producer of animated films. He is best known for his work with Fleischer Studios and its successor, Famous Studios. When credited, his work appeared under varying versions of his name, including "Izzy Sparber," "I. Sparber," "Irving Sparber," and "Isidore Sparber" or "Isadore Sparber." Career Sparber worked for Fleischer Studios in the 1930s and early 1940s where much of his early work was uncredited. However, he was credited as a writer for several ''Superman'' cartoons (all with Seymour Kneitel), as well as the feature-length films ''Gulliver's Travels'' and '' Mr. Bug Goes to Town''. He also wrote some Betty Boop cartoons, Color Classic cartoons and Popeye cartoons with no credit. Sparber was first mentioned in a Popeye cartoon as the namesake for a demolition company, Sparber Destruction Co., in the cartoon ''Quiet! Pleeze''(1941). When Paramount Pictures took over Flei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparber
Sperber is a German language, German surname, which means "sparrowhawk", from the Middle High German ''sperwære''. In the Elizabethan era, it was not uncommon to refer to someone as "sparrow" as a term of endearment or, as evidenced in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," as a star-crossed lover. Variants of the name include Sparber and von Sperber. Notable people with the name include: *Ann M. Sperber (1935–1994), American biographer *Dan Sperber (born 1942), French anthropologist *Daniel Sperber (born 1940), Israeli historian *Devorah Sperber (born 1961), American artist *Ed Sperber (1895–1976), American baseball player *Isadore Sparber (1906–1958), American filmmaker *Jonathan Sperber (born 1952), American historian *Klaus Nomi, Klaus Sperber (1944–1983), German singer *Manès Sperber (1905–1984), French writer *Milo Sperber (1911–1992), British actor *Monique Canto-Sperber (born 1954), French philosopher *Paula Sperber (born circa 1951), American ten-pin bowler and wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popeye The Sailor Filmography (Famous Studios)
This is a list of the 122 cartoons of the ''Popeye the Sailor'' film series produced by Famous Studios (later known as Paramount Cartoon Studios) for Paramount Pictures from 1942 to 1957, with 14 in black-and-white and 108 in color. These cartoons were produced after Paramount took ownership of Fleischer Studios Fleischer Studios () was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures in 1942, the parent company and the distri ..., which originated the ''Popeye'' series in 1933. All cartoons are one-reel in length (6 to 10 minutes). The first 14 shorts (''You're a Sap, Mr. Jap'' through ''Cartoons Ain't Human'') are in black-and-white. All remaining cartoons (beginning with ''Her Honor the Mare'') are in color. Unlike the Fleischer Studios shorts, the director credits for these shorts represent the actual director in charge of that short's product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleischer Studios People
Fleischer (or Fleisher) is a common German and Yiddish family name. Its literal meaning is "butcher". Other German family names with the same meaning include Metzger, Mezger, Fleischman, and Fleischmann. People * Amy Fleischer, American mechanical engineer * Ari Fleischer (born 1960), White House press secretary from 2001 to 2003 * Bruce Fleisher (1948–2021), American PGA golfer * Carl Gustav Fleischer, Norwegian general and the first land commander to win a major victory against the Germans in World War II * Charles Fleischer (born 1950), actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist * Dave Fleischer, American animation film director and film producer * David Marcel Fleischer, American judge currently serving on the Harris County Criminal Court in Houston, Texas. * Edytha Fleischer (1898–1957), German operatic soprano * Gerd Fleischer (born 1942), Norwegian human rights activist * Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, German * Lawrence Fleisher, American attorney and sports agen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Storyboard Artists
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1906 Births
Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, and establish a national assembly, the National Consultative Assembly, Majlis. * January 16–April 7 – The Algeciras Conference convenes, to resolve the First Moroccan Crisis between French Third Republic, France and German Empire, Germany. * January 22 – The strikes a reef off Vancouver Island, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster. * January 31 – The 1906 Ecuador–Colombia earthquake, Ecuador–Colombia earthquake (8.8 on the Moment magnitude scale), and associated tsunami, cause at least 500 deaths. * February 7 – is launched, sparking a Anglo-German naval arms race, naval race between Britain and Germany. * February 11 ** Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical ''Vehementer Nos'', de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish American Animators
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 8'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, Jews referred to the inhabitants of the kingdom of JudahCf. Marcus Jastrow's ''Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
