Hollywood Cartoons American Animation in Its Golden Age

by Barrier, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780195167290
• ISBN10: 0195167295
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In Hollywood Cartoons, Michael Barrier takes us on a glorious guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, to meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many other cartoonfavorites. Beginning with black-and-white silent cartoons, Barrier offers an insightful account, taking us inside early New York studios and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Barrier excels at illuminating the creative side of animation--revealing how stories are put together, howanimators develop a character, how technical innovations enhance the "realism" of cartoons. Here too are colorful portraits of the giants of the field, from Walt and Roy Disney and their animators, to Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. Based on hundreds of interviews with veteran animators, Hollywood Cartoons gives us the definitive inside look at this colorful era and at the creative process behind these marvelous cartoons.

Author Biography

Michael Barrier is a recognized authority on film cartoons. For many years he was the publisher and editor of Funnyworld, the most widely respected magazine devoted to the animated film. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the "Flip Books,"	p. xix
Introduction	p. 3
Cartoon Acting	p. 7
Beginnings, 1911-1930	p. 9
"Flip Book": Rubber-hose Animation	p. 61
Disney, 1930-1933	p. 63
Disney, 1933-1936	p. 109
Disney's Rivals, 1928-1937	p. 153
Disney, 1936-1938	p. 193
Disney, 1938-1941	p. 235
"Flip Book": Stretch and Squash	p. 257
Declines and Falls, 1937-1942	p. 287
Cartoon Reality	p. 321
Warner Bros., 1933-1940	p. 323
The Disney Diaspora, 1942-1950	p. 367
MGM, 1939-1952	p. 403
Warner Bros., 1941-1945	p. 433
"Flip Book": Smear Animation	p. 437
Warner Bros., 1945-1953	p. 467
UPA, 1944-1952	p. 501
The Iris Closes, 1952-1966	p. 533
Afterword	p. 569
Notes	p. 575
Index	p. 627
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