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ComiColor
The ComiColor Cartoon series is a series of 25 animated short subjects produced by Ub Iwerks from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by Iwerks Studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior company Celebrity Pictures (run by Pat Powers) had to distribute the films itself. The series was shot exclusively in Cinecolor. Most of the ComiColor entries were based upon popular fairy tales and other familiar stories, including ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', ''Old Mother Hubbard'', ''The Bremen Town Musicians'', and ''The Headless Horseman''. Production Grim Natwick, Al Eugster, and Shamus Culhane were among the series' lead animators/directors, and a number of the shorts were filmed using Iwerks' multiplane camera, which he built himself from the remains of a Chevrolet automobile. Filmography Copyright status Home media All of the ComiColor cartoons are now available in the 2004 Region 2 ComiColor DVD set released by Mk2/Lobst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ub Iwerks
Ubbe Ert Iwwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks ( ), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Iwerks grew up with a contentious relationship with his father, who abandoned him as a child. Iwerks met fellow artist Walt Disney while working at a Kansas City art studio in 1919. After briefly working as illustrators for a local newspaper company, Disney and Iwerks ventured into animation together. Iwerks joined Disney as chief animator on the Laugh-O-Gram shorts series beginning in 1922, but a studio bankruptcy would cause Disney to relocate to Los Angeles in 1923. In the new studio, Iwerks continued to work with Disney on the Alice Comedies as well as the creation of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit character. Following the first ''Oswald'' short, both Universal Pictures and the Winkler Pictures production company insisted that the Oswald character be redesigned. At the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinecolor
Cinecolor was an early subtractive color-model two-color motion picture process that was based upon the Prizma system of the 1910s and 1920s and the Multicolor system of the late 1920s and the 1930s. It was developed by William T. Crispinel and Alan M. Gundelfinger, and its various formats were in use from 1932 to 1955. Method As a bipack color process, the photographer loaded a standard camera with two film stocks: an orthochromatic strip dyed red and a panchromatic strip behind it. The ortho film stock recorded only blue and green, and its red filtration passed red light to the panchromatic film stock. In the laboratory, the negatives were processed on duplitized film, and each emulsion was toned red or cyan. Cinecolor could produce vibrant reds, oranges, blues, browns and flesh tones, but its renderings of other colors such as bright greens (rendered dark green) and purples (rendered a sort of dark magenta) were muted. History The Cinecolor process was invented in 1932 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp (1934 Film)
"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" is a 1934 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. Plot summary A lamp trades holds a boy captive in his cellar and makes him clean lamps. Through the window, the boy sees a procession of elephants with the sultan. He sees the sultan's daughter, the princess, riding a white dromedary and is enamored with her. The lamp trader deposits a new batch of lamps into the cellar and orders the boy to polish them. Polishing one of the lamps summons a red genie, granting the boy wishes. The lamp trader sees this and blurts out "A magic lamp? It's colossal!" The boy wishes himself to the sultan's house. When there, he tells the sultan that he wants to marry the princess. The sultan is not impressed by the beggar in rags, and the boy wishes himself fancier clothes. The sultan asks what the boy can offer his daughter. The boy makes another wish from the genie and money falls from the ceiling into a pile. The lamp trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwerks Studio
Iwerks Studio was an animation studio headed by animator Ub Iwerks. Financing Iwerks was working for Walt Disney when he accepted a contract with Disney's former distributor, Pat Powers (businessman), Pat Powers, to leave Disney and start an animation studio under his own name. The Iwerks Studio opened in 1930. Financial backers led by Pat Powers suspected that Iwerks was responsible for much of Disney's early success. Newly hired animator Fred Kopietz recommended that Iwerks employ a friend from Chouinard Art School, Chuck Jones, who was hired and put to work as a cel washer. Despite a contract with MGM to distribute the cartoons, the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Studio or Fleischer Studios. In 1936, backers withdrew financial support from the Iwerks Studio, and it folded soon after. Characters Iwerks created the characters Flip the Frog, and later Willie Whopper. Several short films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Musicians Of Bremen
The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (german: link=no, Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' in 1819 (KHM 27). It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house. It is a story of Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, Aarne–Thompson Type 130 ("Outcast animals find a new home"). Origin The Brothers Grimm first published this tale in the second edition of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1819, based on the account of the German storyteller Dorothea Viehmann (1755–1815). Synopsis In the story, a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Headless Horseman (1934 Film)
''The Headless Horseman'' is a 1934 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. It is based on the 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving. The film was the first time Iwerks used the technique multiplane animation, his most prestigious invention. This allowed for a three-dimensional look, separating layers of the background, resulting in a greater feeling of depth. Plot Katrina Van Tassel is courted by both Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane; both of whom express a dislike for the other. Ichabod reads of the legend of the Headless Horseman and is startled when a courier arrives to deliver a message. Ichabod is invited to a brawl at Van Tassel Hall. The suitors feed Katrina and kiss her arms, and in the confusion end up kissing each other. Three musicians play music and the guests dance. Brom dances with Katrina, but stumbles on his feet. Ichabod cuts in and dances more smoothly. Ichabod shows off with tap dancing, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Tin Soldier (1934 Film)
"The Brave Tin Soldier" is a 1934 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. The film is also known as "Christmas in a Junkyard". Plot summary A toymaker creates tin soldiers. He drops one of the on the floor, accidentally breaks one of his legs off and throws him into the waste. The toymaker goes to bed and at midnight a soldier blows a bugle call and all toys come to life: Dolls, a jack-in-the-box, roly-poly Laurel and Hardy dolls, marionettes, a model railway. The discarded soldier climbs up from the waste basked and realizes he only has one leg, and other toys taunt him. A ballerina expresses her sympathies for him and he is infatuated with her. Two guards outside a castle blows another bugle call and a parade of soldiers exits the gate, followed by a trolley carrying the king. The soldier pushes the ballerina on a swing, but the king, who also takes a liking to the ballerina, tells the soldier to scram. The king makes unwelcome ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puss In Boots (1934 Film)
"Puss in Boots" is a 1934 animated short film directed by Ub Iwerks and part of the ComiColor cartoon series. Plot summary Three kittens play tic-tac-toe under the supervision for their father (who wears a belt and shoes) and accidentally fall into the water. A boy saves the kittens from drowning by throwing them his bagpipe. The kittens' father is grateful and befriends the boy. The town crier A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required. Duties and functions The town crier was used to make public announcements in the streets. Criers often dress ... announces that "Who so ever saves the Princess from the nasty ogre, he shall marry her." Signed The King. The boy and the four cats travel to Ogre's cave, where the princess has been transformed into a little white bird and is held captive in a birdcage. During a failed attempt to enter the Ogre's cottage, the boy is discovered and the Ogre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Eugster
Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He worked for a number of American animation studios, including Fleischer Studios, the Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, and Famous Studios.Baxter, Devon"Animation Profiles: AL EUGSTER."www.cartoonresearch.com, April 10, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2021. Personal Al Eugster was born on February 11, 1909, in New York City. His parents were musician Julius Eugster and Hedwig Fiegel, both were from German descent. Between 1915 and 1919, his dad died when he was just a child. At the age of 16, he got paid $10 dollars a week for doing jobs and the American Radiator Company. Al Eugster was married to his wife Hazel, also known as Chick, for 61 years. The two had no children, and Hazel died in 1995.Mayerson, Mark"Remembering Al."''www.awn.com'', February 11, 1997. Retrieved May 15, 2017. Career Eugster began his career in animation in April 1925 where he worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Pictures
Patrick Anthony Powers (October 8, 1870 – July 30, 1948) was an American businessman who was involved in the movie and animation industry of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s as a distributor and producer. His firm, Celebrity Productions, was the first distributor of Walt Disney's '' Mickey Mouse'' cartoons (1928–29). After one year, Disney split with Powers, who started another animation studio with Disney's lead animator, Ub Iwerks. Early career Powers was born in Buffalo, New York. According to the ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' obituary dated August 1, 1948,''Buffalo Courier-Express'', August 1, 1948. his sister, Mary Ellen Powers, lived in Buffalo for her entire life. Powers partnered with Joseph A. Schubert Sr. and sold phonographs from 1900 to 1907, when they formed the Buffalo Film Exchange, which purchased films from producers and rented them to nickelodeons. In 1910, Powers left Buffalo for New York City, where he founded the Powers Moving Picture Company, also freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Powers (businessman)
Patrick Anthony Powers (8 October 1870 – 30 July 1948) was an American businessman who was involved in the movie and animation industry of the 1910s, '20s, and '30s as a distributor and producer. His firm, Celebrity Productions, was the first distributor of Walt Disney's ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoons (1928–29). After one year, Disney split with Powers, who started another animation studio with Disney's lead animator, Ub Iwerks. Early career Powers was born in Buffalo, New York. According to the ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' obituary dated August 1, 1948,''Buffalo Courier-Express'', August 1, 1948. his sister, Mary Ellen Powers, lived in Buffalo for her entire life. Powers partnered with Joseph A. Schubert, Sr. and sold phonographs from 1900 to 1907, when they formed the Buffalo Film Exchange, which purchased films from producers and rented them to nickelodeons. In 1910, Powers left Buffalo for New York City, where he founded the Powers Moving Picture Company, also frequent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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