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Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Thursday, September 21, 2023

GK Spoor Makes Three Dimension Pictures -- September 21, 2023

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Motion Picture News , 22-September-1923 George K Spoor who had founded the Essanay Company with Broncho Billy Anderson, announced that he ...
Saturday, February 4, 2023

The Year of the Rabbit -- February 4, 2023

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Showmen's Trade Review , 05-June-1940 In honor of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rabbit, here is the most famous rabbit of all,...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Out of the Inkwell -- October 29, 2021

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Moving Picture World , 22-October-1921 Brothers Max and Dave Fleischer founded Out of the Inkwell Studios in 1921.      Moving Picture Wor...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Ray Harryhausen 100 -- June 29, 2020

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www.listal.com Animator Ray Harryhausen was born 100 years ago today, on 29-June-1920.  I remember seeing The Mysterious Island on tele...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Porky Pig -- February 5, 2019

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International Motion Picture Almanac - 1937-1938 In honor of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Pig, here is Porky Pig, a star of War...
Saturday, June 2, 2018

Fantasmagorie (1908) -- June 2, 2018

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This post is part of the Springtime Silent Movie Challenge: In the Beginning... , hosted by Fritzi at Movies Silently . "Here’s the ...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) -- May 19, 2018

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This post is part of the Springtime Silent Movie Challenge: In the Beginning... , hosted by Fritzi at Movies Silently . "Here’s the ...
Sunday, October 1, 2017

The Aeroplane Machine Gun -- October 1, 2017

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Moving Picture World , 27-October-1917 100 years ago this month, in October, 1917,. Paramount released "The Aeroplane Machine Gun,...
Friday, July 28, 2017

June Foray, RIP -- July 28, 2017

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www.listal.com I was sad to learn of the passing of voice artist June Foray.  There goes a large chunk of my childhood.  She started out...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Mo-Toy Comedies Popular -- June 13, 2017

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Moving Picture World , 02-June-1917 The Strand was a major New York theater.  Mo-Toy Moving Picture World , 09-June-1917 "...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Mo-Toy Magic -- May 15, 2017

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Moving Picture World , 05-May-1917 I have not been able to find out much about the Peter Pan Film Corporation and its Mo-Toy Comedies, ...
Saturday, April 15, 2017

An All Doll Cast -- April 15, 2017

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Moving Picture World , 28-April-1917 I have not been able to find out much about the Peter Pan Film Corporation and its Mo-Toy Comedies,...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Fantasia 75 -- November 13, 2015

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www.listal.com 75 years ago today, on 13-November-1940, Walt Disney released his unique animated feature Fantasia .  I first saw it on a...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Bugs Bunny 75 -- July 27, 2015

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Showmen's Trade Review , 05-June-1940 27-July-1940 saw the debut of the Buck-Toothed Barrymore, the Hardest Working Hare in Show Bu...
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Goofy Goat -- March 7, 2015

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In honor of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Goat, here is "Goofy Goat Antics," a 1931 cartoon directed by Ted Eshbaugh for ...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Eddie Bracken 100/Pinocchio 75 -- February 7, 2015

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www.listal.com Comic actor Eddie Bracken was born 100 years ago today, on 07-February-1915.  He was a member of director Preston Sturges...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Reynaud's Optical Theater -- January 25, 2015

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Artist and inventor Charles-Émile Reynaud created the Praxinoscope and later in 1888 the Théâtre Optique, which presented hand-drawn movi...