Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age
An authoritative account of the "golden age" of Hollywood studio cartoons during the 1930s, 1940s, & 1950s, with a steady focus on the Walt Disney studio, as well as Warner Bros. & MGM. Take a guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s and meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and many other cartoon favorites. 50 halftones
1 online resource (xviii, 648 pages) : illustrations
9780198020790, 9780195167290, 9780199839223, 0198020791, 0195167295, 0199839220
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Part I: Cartoon acting : Beginnings, 1911-1930, "flip book": rubber-hose animation
Disney, 1930-1933
Disney, 1933-1936
Disney's rivals, 1928-1937
Disney, 1936-1938
Disney, 1938-1941, "flip book": stretch and squash
Declines and falls, 1937-1942
Part II: Cartoon reality : Warner Bros., 1933-1940
The Disney diaspora, 1942-1950
MGM, 1939-1952
Warner Bros., 1941-1945, "flip book": smear animation
Warner Bros., 1945-1953
UPA, 1944-1952
The iris closes, 1952-1966
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010