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Irven Spence
Irven LeRoy Spence (April 24, 1909 – September 21, 1995) was an American animator. He is best known for his work on MGM's ''Tom and Jerry'' animated shorts. Spence has been credited variously as Irven Spence, Irvin Spence, and Irv Spence. Career Spence interest in drawing began in his youth, when he provided cartoons for his high school newspaper (along with classmate William Hanna). Spence's earliest animation work was for Charles B. Mintz's Winkler Pictures, and then for Ub Iwerks, where he worked on the "Flip the Frog" series. After Iwerks Studio folded in 1936, Spence worked at Leon Schlesinger Productions (after 1944, known as Warner Bros. Cartoons) as an animator in Tex Avery's animation unit. There, he brought an eccentric drawing/animation style to already irreverent animated films. He later moved to Metro Goldwyn Mayer's cartoon department in 1938, starting with the Captain and the Kids cartoons, some of which were directed by Bill Hanna and Friz Freleng. Spence an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln-Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumb-Hounded
''Dumb-Hounded'' is a 1943 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery and written by Rich Hogan. It was the first cartoon to feature Droopy. The film was released on March 20, 1943 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot A wolf escapes from Swing Swing Prison (a parody of Sing Sing Prison). Many bloodhounds are freed to search for him, but one of them, Droopy, remains behind, greets and informs the audience that he is the hero of the story. He initially moves very slowly, but he still quickly finds the wolf who tries to escape from Droopy throughout the picture. At one point, he even flees away from Droopy by boarding a taxi, a train, a ship, and an aircraft. However, everywhere he flees, Droopy pops up and sarcastically greets the wolf. Ultimately, Droopy ends the pointless chase by dropping a huge boulder on the wolf's head and crushing him. When Droopy receives his reward, he jumps about in complete enthusiasm, only to pause and inform the audience, "I'm happy". Voice cast * Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankenstein Jr
''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20. Her name first appeared in the second edition, which was published in Paris in 1821. Shelley travelled through Europe in 1815, moving along the river Rhine in Germany, and stopping in Gernsheim, away from Frankenstein Castle, where, two centuries before, an alchemist had engaged in experiments.This seems to mean Johann Konrad Dippel (1673–1734), one century before (not two). For Dippel's experiments and the possibility of connection to ''Frankenstein'' see Johann Konrad Dippel#Connection to the novel Frankenstein, the Dippel article. She then journeyed to the region of Geneva, Switzerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Quest (TV Series)
''Jonny Quest'' (also known as ''The Adventures of Jonny Quest'') is an American animated science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and was created and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey. Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, human characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows—which later included '' Space Ghost'', ''The Herculoids'', and '' Birdman and the Galaxy Trio''. It ran on ABC in prime time on early Friday nights for one season in 1964/1965. After 20 years of reruns, during which time the series appeared on all three major U.S. television networks of the time, new episodes, The New Adventures of Jonny Quest for syndication in 1986 as part of '' The Funtastic Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to close its in-house cartoon studio. Headquartered in Cahuenga Blvd. until 1998 and then Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California, until going defunct, it created many television shows, theatrical films, televised movies and specials, including '' Huckleberry Hound'', '' Quick Draw McGraw'', '' The Flintstones'', '' Yogi Bear'', '' The Jetsons'', '' Jonny Quest'', '' Wacky Races'', '' Scooby-Doo'' and '' The Smurfs''. Its productions have won a record-breaking 8 Emmy Awards. Its fortunes declined by the 1980s as the profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System took over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutherland (producer)
John Sutherland (September 11, 1910 – February 17, 2001) was an American film producer. Sutherland voiced the adult Bambi in the 1942 film ''Bambi''. Sutherland produced 45 films from 1945–1973. Many of his films were instructional cartoons produced for Harding College extolling the socioeconomic concept of capitalism and delivering a political message on the benefits of both corporate and individual liberty, and the drawbacks of government intervention, particularly with ''Make Mine Freedom'' and ''Fresh Laid Plans''. Life Sutherland was born on September 11, 1910, in Williston, North Dakota. Film career Sutherland moved to Los Angeles, California, to work in the film industry. While in Los Angeles, Sutherland married Paula Winslowe on September 16, 1939, and had four children. Sutherland and Winslowe worked with Walt Disney in the 1942 film ''Bambi'', where she voiced the mother of his character. Sutherland quit the film industry in 1973, and moved to Van Nuys, Califor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Barge
Edward John Barge (August 29, 1910 – September 29, 1991) was an American animator. Barge was born to Alfred Edward and Margaret G. Barge in San Jose, California. In 1916, the family moved to Bakersfield, where his father was employed by the Santa Fe Railroad and Pacific Western Oil Co. before retiring in 1954. He was the second of six children; his brother Henry was a photographer for the ''Bakersfield Californian''. Barge attended St. Francis Parochial School and high school in Bakersfield, where he was a baseball and basketball star. He was still living in Bakersfield in July 1936 and was becoming known for his landscape paintings. He married Alice Davis, the daughter of Mrs. B.A. Davis of Bakersfield, in Beverly Hills on April 6, 1939. He began his career at the Harman-Ising studio''A Cast of Friends'', William Hanna, Taylor Publishing, 1996. which shut down by August 1937 when Fred Quimby poached a number of its staff members to form the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Zander
Arthur Jack Zander (May 3, 1908 – December 17, 2007) was an American animator whose career lasted from the " golden age" of theatrical animation into the 1980s. Biography Jack Zander was born on May 3, 1908, in Kalamazoo, Michigan as Arthur Jack Zander. His first job in Animation was at the Romer Grey Studio in 1930. One year later he joined The Van Beuren Corporation followed by Terrytoons in 1936. He joined the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in 1937, and worked on MGM cartoons based on comic strips, including '' The Captain and the Kids'' and ''Count Screwloose''. He also worked on Harman-Ising cartoons at MGM, including ''The Little Goldfish'' (1939), '' Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' (1939), ''The Mad Maestro'' (1939) and the '' Barney Bear'' series. Among other cartoons he helped animate were ''Puss Gets the Boot'' (1940), ''The Midnight Snack'' (1941), '' The Night Before Christmas'' (1941), '' Fraidy Cat'' (1942), ''Fine Feathered Friend'' (1942), '' War Dogs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Patterson (animator)
Raymond Patterson (November 23, 1911 – December 30, 2001) was an American animator, producer, and director. He was born in Hollywood, California, and was the younger brother of animator Don Patterson. Career Patterson's earliest works in animation were for Charles B. Mintz's Krazy Kat/Screen Gems studio, where he started as an inker in 1929. He remained at Mintz for eleven years. In 1940, he moved to the Walt Disney Studio, where he animated on ''Fantasia'' and ''Dumbo'', as well as several Pluto shorts (''Bone Trouble'' and ''Pluto's Playmate''). By 1942, he mostly worked on Donald Duck shorts such as '' Donald Gets Drafted''. Patterson left Disney in 1941 during an animation strike. He would briefly reunite with Screen Gems before moving to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, with his first short for them being ''War Dogs''. While he mostly worked in the studio's Hanna-Barbera unit, he occasionally provided animation for Tex Avery's unit in the 1950s (as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lah
Michael Richard Lah (September 1, 1912 – October 13, 1995) was an American animator of Slovene origin. He is best remembered for his work at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, primarily as a member of Tex Avery's animation unit. He first worked on Tom and Jerry shorts before going to work on Droopy/Tex Avery shorts. Early life and career Lah was born in Illinois. He worked briefly at Walt Disney Studios before joining MGM in the late 1930s. His first work at MGM was in the Harman-Ising unit, working on the final Happy Harmonies cartoon, ''The Little Bantamweight'' in 1938. He then joined Tex Avery's unit as lead animator, where he remained until the studio closed in 1957, directing a handful of cartoons with Preston Blair in the late 1940s before becoming a full-time director in 1953 after Avery left the studio. After he left MGM, he briefly rejoined Hanna-Barbera at their television cartoon studio as an animator on The Flintstones and various other shows, then joine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Burness
Wilson D. "Pete" Burness (June 16, 1904 – July 21, 1969) was an American animator and animation director. He was perhaps best known for his work on the Mr. Magoo series. He also contributed to the ''Tom and Jerry'' series, ''Looney Tunes'', ''Merrie Melodies'', and '' Rocky and His Friends''. Biography Burness was born in Los Angeles. His animation career began in 1930, working for Romer Grey and Ted Eshbaugh on '' Goofy Goat Antics'' and the unreleased ''Binko the Cub''. In 1933 he transferred to Van Beuren Studios, where he animated the film adaption of ''The Little King''. Burness transferred to Harman-Ising in 1936 and to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio in 1938. He animated ''Tom and Jerry'' at MGM until 1947. Burness worked briefly for Warner Brothers in 1948 and 1949, animating a number of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts, under Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and Bob McKimson. He left Warner to become a director for United Productions of America, anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Littlejohn
William Charles Littlejohn (January 27, 1914 – September 17, 2010) was an American animator and union organizer. Littlejohn worked on animated shorts and features in the 1930s through to the 1990s. His notable works include the ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts, ''Peanuts'' television specials, the Oscar-winning short, ''The Hole'' (1962), and the Oscar-nominated ''A Doonesbury Special'' (1977). He was inducted into the Cartoon Hall of Fame and received the Winsor McCay Award and garnered lifetime achievement awards from the Annie Awards and the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Director Michael Sporn has called Littlejohn "an animation 'God'." Littlejohn co-founded and served as the first president of the Screen Cartoonists Guild Local #852 in 1938. He led the effort to gain recognition for the union at the major Hollywood animation studios. When Walt Disney refused to negotiate with the union and fired 16 pro-union artists, Littlejohn led the union in the 1941 Disney animators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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