Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts

by Douglas L. McCall

Overview

This work covers ninety years of animation from James Stuart Blackton's 1906 short Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, in which astonished viewers saw a hand draw faces that moved and changed, to Anastasia, Don Bluth's 1997 feature-length challenge to the Walt Disney animation empire. Readers will come across such characters as the Animaniacs, Woody Woodpecker, Will Vinton's inventive Claymation figures (including Mark Twain as well as the California Raisins), and the Beatles trying to save the happy kingdom of Pepperland from the Blue Meanies in Yellow Submarine (1968).

Part One covers 180 animated feature films. Part Two identifies feature films that have animation sequences and provides details thereof. Part Three covers over 1,500 animated shorts. All entries offer basic data, credits, brief synopsis, production information, and notes where available. An appendix covers the major animation studios.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786424504
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/14/2005
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.54(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Writer Douglas L. McCall of Bangor, Maine, has been interested in animation since childhood. He has been a Monty Python fan and collector for more than thirty years.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

Part 1: Animated Feature Films     
Part 2: Features with Animated Sequences     
Part 3: Animated Shorts     

Appendix: Animation Studios     
Selected Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

recommended”—ARBA; “indispensable...covers so much new ground that it really should be on the shelf of any library with an animation section”—ASIFA; “libraries with film collections will want [this] book”—Booklist; “covers a greater span of animation history [than the competition]”—Big Reel; “well documented”—Past Times.

From the Publisher

This guide to 180 animated feature films, 58 features with animated sequences, and some 1,500 animated shorts aids film cartoon lovers learn the basics rather than the more technical aspects behind the landmark short Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906), worthy Academy Award winners like Fantasia (1940), and duds such as the X-rated Dirty Duck (1977). Entries offer a synopsis, basic information, and author's rating (for features). An appendix lists the major animation studios. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

libraries with film collections will want [this] book

Booklist

indispensable...covers so much new ground that it really should be on the shelf of any library with an animation section

ASIFA

recommended

ARBA