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Jack Zander
Arthur Jack Zander (May 3, 1908 – December 17, 2007) was an Americans, American animator whose career lasted from the "Golden age of American animation, 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 (MGM animated series), 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 Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 73,598. It is the principal city of the Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area in southwestern Michigan, which had a population of 261,670 in 2020. One of Kalamazoo's most notable features is the Kalamazoo Mall, an outdoor pedestrian shopping mall. The city created the mall in 1959 by closing part of Burdick Street to automobile traffic, although two of the mall's four blocks have been reopened to auto traffic since 1999. Kalamazoo is home to Western Michigan University, a large public university, Kalamazoo College, a private liberal arts college, and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, a two-year community college. Name origin Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the township of Arcadia, the names of both the city and the township were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, respectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
