Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 50th Anniversary Edition
Title | Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 50th Anniversary Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Darrell Van Citters |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2012-11-01 |
Genre | Mister Magoo's Christmas carol (Television program) |
ISBN | 9780615642802 |
An updated & revised version of the previous edition on the making of Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol featuring new information, over 130 new images and a soundtrack CD.
The Art of Jay Ward Productions
Title | The Art of Jay Ward Productions PDF eBook |
Author | Darrell Van Citters |
Publisher | |
Pages | 364 |
Release | 2021-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780578845241 |
One animation empire was built on a mouse, another was built on a rabbit. This one was built on the unlikely combination of a moose and squirrel. It began in the late 1940's, when Jay Ward and his lifetime friend, Alex Anderson, joined forces to create a cartoon series for the fledgling medium of television with a budget that would make "shoestring" look generous. The result was Crusader Rabbit, which debuted on a local NBC affiliate in Los Angeles in mid-summer of 1950. The cheaply produced and minimally animated series became the inauspicious and unlikely beginning of a TV animation powerhouse with a defiantly innovative-and influential-brand of humor that shaped animated comedy for decades. As the 1950's drew to a close, Ward, with now-former partner Anderson's blessing, took two characters from an unsold series they had developed together, teamed with writer Bill Scott and a couple of freelance UPA artists, and created a short pilot film starring a flying squirrel and a hapless but hilarious moose. That pilot, Rocky The Flying Squirrel, launched an animation studio that turned out the funniest, hippest and most satirical cartoons on television and creating a comic vocabulary for generations of children and their parents. The shows produced at Jay Ward Productions featured the wittiest writing in the medium, some of the best character voice work, and ... some of the worst animation. Assembling a staff of first rate writers and artists, Jay Ward was undermined by the cheapest budgets in what was already a low-budget medium. And it showed. In one of the earliest examples of runaway production, Ward was forced to send the animation out of the country. But what was happening with the art off the screen revealed a fascinating dichotomy of the brilliant draftsmanship on the drawing boards and the crude but effective work that was aired. This behind-the-scenes artwork was never meant to be seen by the general public but was merely a means to an end. Now, for the first time anywhere, we are provided an in-depth look at the comic artistry of a talented group of designers, storytellers and directors who created such fondly remembered shows as Rocky and His Friends, Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody's Improbable History, Dudley Do-right, George of the Jungle and Super Chicken.
Charles Dickens
Title | Charles Dickens PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | Random House Value Publishing |
Pages | 872 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | England |
ISBN | 9780517385630 |
Unabridged collection of four classic Dickens novels: Great Expectations; Hard Times; A Christmas Carol; A Tale of Two Cities.
A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations
Title | A Christmas Carol and Its Adaptations PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Guida |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2006-08-02 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0786428406 |
Over 150 years after its original composition, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol continues to delight readers. The figure of Ebenezer Scrooge has become a cultural icon, and Tiny Tim's "God Bless Us Every One" is as familiar as "Merry Christmas." It is not surprising that Dickens' "ghostly little book," as he called it, has proved popular with playwrights and screenwriters. In everything from elegant literary treatments to animated musicals, the role of Scrooge has been essayed by actors from George C. Scott to Mr. Magoo. This critical account of the story's history and its various adaptations examines first the original writing of the story, including its political, economic, and historical context. The major interpretations are analyzed within their various media: stage, magic lantern shows, silent film, talkies, and television. Dickens' other, lesser known Christmas stories, like "The Cricket on the Hearth," are also examined and compared to the immortal Carol. Finally, a complete annotated filmography of all film and television productions based on A Christmas Carol is included, with commentary on each version's loyalty to the original text. The book includes 25 previously unpublished photos as well as analysis of previously undocumented productions. The text includes a foreword by the distinguished film and literary scholar Edward Wagenknecht, a bibliography and an index.
When Magoo Flew
Title | When Magoo Flew PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Abraham |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2012-03-09 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0819572705 |
What do Franklin Roosevelt, Dr. Seuss, the U.S. Navy, and Mr. Magoo have in common? They are all part of the surprising story of the pioneering cartoon studio UPA (United Productions of America). Throughout the 1950s, a group of artists ran a business that broke all the rules, pushing animated films beyond the fluffy fantasy of the Walt Disney Studio and the crash-bang anarchy of Warner Bros. Instead, UPA’s films were innovative and graphically bold—the cartoon equivalent to modern art. When Magoo Flew is the first book-length study to chronicle the complete story of this unique American enterprise. The book features cameo appearances by Aldous Huxley, James Thurber, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Jim Backus, Eddie Albert, and Woody Allen, as well as a select filmography of the best of UPA. Ebook Edition Note: The ebook has three images redacted: figures 1, 2, and 51.
Tis the Season TV
Title | Tis the Season TV PDF eBook |
Author | Joanna Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 800 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Christmas films |
ISBN | 9780984269983 |
Includes summaries of thousands of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's themed episodes of TV series, TV specials and made-for-TV movies. Information generally includes year of copyright, director, executive producer, and/or producer credit (if applicable), program summary or synopsis, and special guests.
Subway Series
Title | Subway Series PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Alternative Comics |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2014-02-18 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1934460370 |
Subway Series follows Tina, a frustrated sixteen-year-old city girl whose affections are divided between two guys. The problem is, one has an out of town girlfriend and the other is a complete jerk. Add to that a bitchy adversary whom she once called a friend who’s out to humiliate her, and now confused Tina doesn’t know which way to turn.