Radio Guide, December 22, 1939 (Gulliver)

Article on Gulliver's Travels from Radio Guide, 12/22/39

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"Color Cartoons Find Radio
In 'Gulliver's Travels,' latest of the animated cartoon extravaganzas, the Fleischer tribe discover radio - for Jessica Dragonette and Lanny Ross have the singing roles of Princess Glory & Prince David
Here is Gulliver (radio announcer Sam Parker speaks his lines) as Jonathon Swift pictured him, surveying tiny Lilliput, whither a sea adventure led him. Gulliver saves the romance of Glory and David
Terrified at first by the huge 'man-mountain' in their midst, the Lilliputions - including the Princess - lionize Gulliver when he captures the enemy fleet and brings the Prince and the Princess together
Funnyman of the fantasy is Gabby, one of the Lilliputians Jessica and Lanny will see as they attend film's world premiere in Miami (Mon.). That morning Lanny will interview Jessica on his show, CBS"

Film Fun, Christmas 1939 /January 1940

Film Fun's Christmas covers seem to be all from January, implying that they had significant lead time (at least a week) from their cover dates.
It's good to know they liked Santa babes in 1939... tho I'm not sure about the face on this one...

BoxOffice, December 9, 1939

This BoxOffice entry will show no OCR garbling, because I hand transcribed it before the mag disappeared from Issuu, in case I got sick of doing them or was short on time at the end of the year. It also means a photo!

p4
"
"Pinocchio" Hits On Lincoln's Birthday
New York - "Pinocchio" will probably hit key city first runs to coincide with Lincoln's birthday, February 12. The feature length cartoon is expected to average about five weeks at downtown de luxers with just enough span to reach neighborhoods around Easter, when juvenile trade is particularly heavy."

p14
"Many Openers Are Set on "Gulliver"
New York - Robert H. Gillham, publicity and advertising director for Paramount, returns Monday from Miami where he has spent the last few days on the advance campaign for the opening of "Gulliver's Travels" at the Sheridan, Miami Beach, December 18.
Among the other opening set for the Technicolor animated feature are the Paramount, New York, and Newman, Kansas City, Mo., December 20; Paramount in Los Angeles and San Francisco, a day later; Denham, Denver; Michigan, Detroit; Paramount, Seattle; Palace, Milwaukee; Majestic, Houston, and Alabama, Birmingham, all on December 22. On December 23, the following openings will take place: Uptown, Toronto; Stanley, Philadelphia; Palace, Rochester; Keith's, Syracuse; Penn, Pittsburgh; State, Cleveland; Great Lakes, Buffalo; Fox, Atlanta; Saenger, New Orleans; Malco, Memphis, and Majestic, San Antonio.
The Strand, Providence, premieres December 24, and the Paramount, Miami, and COlony, Miami Beach, Christmas Day. On December 28, the Metropolitan, Boston; Allyn, Hartford; Fox, Spokane; the Des Moines and Roosevelt, Des Moines, and State, Portland, Me. On December 29, the Paramount, SPringfield; Paramount, New Haven; Capitol, Worcester; Rialto, Tacoma; Lyceum, Duluth; Criterion, Oklahoma City; Strand, Scranton; Comerford, Wilkes Barr. On the day before New Year's, the Capitol, Little Rock.

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p18
20th C. Fox wants to soak consumers more per ticket for big movies, including Pinocchio and Gulliver's Travels.

p27, photocut
"Meets a Bally -
Jessica Dragonette, who shares the co-starring role with Lanny Ross in "Gulliver's Travels" meets Dave Ballard, eight-foot giant who is ballyhooing the feature-length cartoon."



p30 Jam Handy production supervisor W. Halsey Johnson going to NY from Detroit.

p67
"Swinnerton Does Cartoon Backgrounds With Oils
Three "firsts" have been chalked up by Leon Schlesinger with the launching of "The Mighty Hunters," initialer in a series of one-reel "Canyon Kiddies" technicolor cartoons which he is producing for Warner release.
It is the first time a noted artist has contributed to the manufacture of an animated cartoon. Schlesinger has James Swinnerton, painter and cartoonist, under contract and Swinnerton created the screen characters, collaborated on the story and painted all the backgrounds.
For the first time, authentic natural backgrounds have been incorporated. Swinnerton, director Charles M. Jones and several writers visited the Grand Canyon several months ago to sketch scenery and absorb local color - incidentally, the first location trip ever undertaken by a cartoon unit.
It is the first time oil paintings have ever been used exclusively for background material. Schlesinger believes the solidity, depth and color effects achieved with oil will give the reel the same advantage an oil painting has over a water color."

p78
SF
"George Thomas and Ed Churchill, Paramount studio publicity men, are in town in connection with the exploitation of "Gulliver's Travels." Churchill is accompanyin the life-size figures of Popeye and Gulliver on their nation-wide tour via the air lanes..."

"Ten Ballyhoo Men in Field For "Gulliver's Travels"
Hollywood - Paramount has sent ten men into the field in an exploitation campaign for "Gulliver's Travels," to be released December 22, and the Great Victor Herbert" which hits theaters December 29.
(list of PR guys)
In addition, Rufus Blair, who handles out-of-town contacts for the Paramount publicity department, is swinging around the country and Ed Churchill is touring with a life-sized rubber model of Lemuel Gulliver."

p84: The Harper Theater opens in Detroit; I believe it is now Harpo's

p86: A building built by and named after my great grandfather and his brothers is mentioned

p87: " "Duke" Clark, Paramount branch manager, is running a department store up in his exchange, and all of the articles on display are tieups to exploit "Gulliver's Travels" which is scheduled for Christmas release."

p108: Florida offers tax breaks to film makers; mentioning Gulliver
the following is a separate story:

p108: "Miami's Plans Expand for "Gulliver" Premiere
Miami - Every succeeding day brings news of bigger and more exciting preparations for what will unquestionably be Miami's most significant world premiere the gala presentation of the first all-Miami made full-length Technicolor feature animated cartoon, Max Fleischer's "Gulliver's Travels" at Miami Beach's Sheridan Theatre, December 18.
Flying south for the premiere will be, among other major lights of the theatrical world, Jessica Dragonette and Lanny Ross, whose singing voices are heard as the princess and the prince in this fantasy of the world of Lilliput.
Ted Husing is to be master of ceremonies at the premiere itself and at the big charity ball at the Roney Plaza Hotel which will follow the performance. The ball, being sponsored by the Miami Herald, to swell the funds of its annual "Mile of Dimes" for the local Milk Fund, is the personal brain child of the paper's Miami Beach society editor, Mrs. Helen Rich.
The palm gardens of the big ocean front hotel are being transformed into Lilliputian Land for the premiere ball during which an original sketch by Louis Jambor, the artist who created the whimsical, gay background designs for "Gulliver's Travels" will be auctioned off. Jambor, who is to have a one-man show at the Collins Memorial Library gallery in January, will autograph the sketch and present it personally to the successful bidder.
The particular significance of this premiere hinges on the big question marks in the mind of the entire moving picture world over the boxoffice future of the animated cartoon, not to mention the feasibility of Miami-made motion pictures.
It is expected that the premiere will serve as a springing board for a Florida campaign to lure more animated cartoon studios down here."

p121
Short Subject Reviews

"One Mouse in a Million"
20th Century-Fox (Terry-Toons) 7 Mins.
The fable of the mouse hanging a bell around a cat's neck forms the basis for this cartoon. With the aid of vanishing cream, the mouse succeeds in his venture and is welcomed as a hero. It is only moderately entertaining."

"SHORT OF THE WEEK
Peace On Earth
MGM 8 Mins.
Cartoons are meant to be gay and diverting. Hugh Harman scores on both points in addition to turning out an entirely relevant and pertinent animated subject in Technicolor. With Christmas marked with warfare in Europe and elsewhere, the cartoon pokes, with sensitivity, a gentle jibe at the stupidity of th human race. The time is Christmas Eve and grandpa rabbit greets his grandchildren with the words: "Peace on earth and good-will to men." The youngsters are curious to know about this creature, man, now extinct. Grandpa proceeds to tell them how wars destroyed them. The tale is summed up when the owl points to the commandment "Thou shalt not kill," and remarks that man was too doggone stupid to follow the rules. Animation is well handled. Here is a short ideally tuned as material for the holiday program."

"A Wicky Wacky Romance
20th Century-Fox (Terry-Toons) 7 Mins.
A diverting bit of cartoon nonesense in Technicolor. Scene is in South Seas where a pirate crew kidnaps the sweetheart of a mouse. A brave lad is the mouse and he single handedly vanquishes the crew and rescues his girl."

p125
"Hour of Shorts
Austin, Tex. - "One Solid Hour of the Season's Best Short Subjects" ws emblazoned across the Capitol front and also in newspaper ads in connection with the showing of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." Shorts were a "March of Time," a Ted Husing Spotlight, a Popeye cartoon, a Merrie Melodie, and an Our Gang comedy."

BoxOffice Magazine, December 12, 1939

BoxOffice, December 12, 1939

The early material is extremely garbled (I had to remove some characters because it was registering as HTML), due to what is probably an image based Gulliver ad, then a bunch of Gulliver news jammed together making it difficult to guess at a reconstruction. Don't get discouraged; it improves further down.
Check out page 81, where kids were encouraged to bring a pack of cigarettes for the troops so they could see some free cartoons...

Ad on early page? Left here in all its OCR mangled glory. With a little luck BoxOffice's archives will open a little more and will provide an image.

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p28A? possible conflation:
""Gulliver's Travels" Available

At 40 % or Profit Sharing

Mid-Continent Meeting Calls Robert Gillham

Kansas City Robert H. Gillham, publicity and advertising head for Paramount, met here during the week with Jack DaUey, Bill Lansburg and Karl Kruger, field exploiteers, on "Gulliver's


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Travels," full length cartoon, at either 40 per cent or "top flat rentals" in which a profit-sharing arrangement is agreed upon when the gross hits a certain figure, it is learned. Exhibitors who play the film late were taken into consideration when the profit-

Travels."

Studio matters were discussed with Cliff

studio advertising and publicity head, the middle of the week. The two sessions here avoided a coast trip for Gillham, who returned to New York later in the week.

Lewis,

sharing plan was decided upon, it is said, in realization of what the company hopes will see extended and moveover run engagements getting "the cream of the business." These bookings will be at percentage."

"Travel

Ahead

of Gulliver

—

Just the first section of a long train of Paramount exploiteers who will blanket the country in behalf of "Gulliver's Travels" is this group of six, already pitching away as follows: Left to right. Ralph Ravenscroft covering Detroit. Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis and Cincinnati; Thomas Jefferson for New York state; Harlan Hobbs for Atlanta. New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham and Nashville; Vernon Gray for Scranton. Wilkes-Barre. Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Richmond; Clinton Bolton in Boston, Providence. Worcester. Hartford, New Haven, Springfield and Portland, and Ben Hill, covering Dallas, Houston, San Antonio. Fort Worth. Oklahoma City and Tulsa."

28h:
"anticipates "Gulliver's Travels" will gross $3,000,000 in the domestlc market. There are nine field exploitcers now working or the picture scheduled to be released"


p29(a?):
"election of employes in four cartoon plants, to determine their bargaining agent, for January 16. Date was set back at the request of the Screen Cartoonists Guild, which is negotiating for an AFL charter. Voting will take place in the Lantz, Metro, Katz and Schlesinger studios. The Screen Writers Guild's executive board has scheduled an open meeting for December 4, to which the general membership has been invited. A discussion of the 'current labor situation, as it affects the SWG, is planned."

p32?
"Metro announces that Hugh Harman is preparing to produce a Technicolor cartoon, "Romeo and Juliet," which the studio claims will be the first cartoonization of the Shakespeare classic. Many exhibitors are of the impression that the studio made a cartoon of that title, with Leslie Howard portraying Romeo, about two years ago."

p34?
"voices and musical backgrounds for "Gulliver's Travels," fea-ture-length Technicolor cartoon, using a chorus of 110 voices."

p44
"The Appleton in Appleton conducted an all-cartoon program for youngsters turning in old toys in a tieup with Sears, Roebuck & Co. in that city. The toys were turned over to the for renovation"

p60
"Max Blumenthal was host to sixty youngsters of the industry children of exhibitors, employes, etc. at a special cartoon show Thanksgiving morning, after they saw the Santa Claus Parade from the Film Exchange. Charley Snyder and Jacob Boodman assisted in handling the crowd."


"William M. Gardner, of Gardner Disis president of Toyad Corp., with manufacturing plant at Latrobe, which opened shop this week, turning out sponge rubber toys, mannikins, exhibit and display figures and papier mache characters, many of them replicas of film cartoon "stars." Toyad Corp. has been licensed by Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. to use a special type of foam rubber. Firestone will continue the manufacture of sponge rubber chair seats."

p73

"Fleischer Premiere

Scheduled Dec. 18

"Gulliver's Travels," the Max Fleischer full length Technicolor feature, and, inciden,


""The present dearth of men and women who can drain acting ability from their systems to their fingertips and then transfer it successfully to celluloid is handicapping the mass production of long animated cartoons to the point of stymieing it to death," Fleischer adds emphatically.

Because he realizes that talent is futile without technical training, he has induced the Miami art school to schedule classes in animation; and regrets deeply that colleges are not sufficiently cartoon conscious to recognize the service they would be doing their students by making such courses regular features of standard curricula."


"Six Questions Alike

Over CBS For "Gulliver's" Debut

Set Broadcast

Broadcasting Columbia Miami The System will carry a special nationwide broadcast starring Lanny Ross, with Jessica Dragonette as his guest star, in conjunction with the world premiere of "Gulliver's Travels."

It will originate Columbia's outlet here from Station WQAM, on December 18, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:45 p. m. for re-broadcasting to coast outlets. Premiere of the feature-length cartoon takes place that evening at the Sheridan in Miami Beach."

p80
"country's first "transconpicture is the newest title being given to Max Fleischer's "Gulliver's Travels," now being rushed to completion at the new Miami studios. This full-length Technicolor feature is being so tabbed as the result of some recent higher mathematics on the part of several studio employes who figure that the film already has traveled some 176,800 miles, mostly by air. Why? The individual celluloids are being drawn and photographed in Miami while the film development is being executed in the laboratories of the Technicolor lA corporation in Hollywood. If"

""Gulliver's Travels," which will have its world premiere at the Sheridan Theatre on the beach, will be shown all over the country before Christmas."

p81
"Think of Troops

To provide Canadian troops with reading material and other comforts, two of the theatres in Ottawa have conducted special Saturday morning shows for juveniles, the admission charge for which are three recent magazines, a fiction book or a package of cigarettes. The screen program comprised cartoons and other appropriate pictures. The two theatres cooperating in the movement were the Capitol, a Famous Players' house, and the Elgin, an independent. The lobbies were piled high with a wide assortment of publications."

p87
"Sleeping Princess

(Walter Lantz Cartune)

Universal

10 Mins.

An amusing bit of cartoon fantasy in (Which the little princess suffers because 'the invitation to Destiny goes astray. Offended, the little princess is put to sleep until awakened by the kiss of a prince. Destiny finds the ancient invitation in time and makes everything right by changing the unworthy one into a prince charming."

"Pied Piper Porky

(Merrie Melody)

Antics of Pied Piper Porky are fairly amusing in this cartoon. Only one rat remains (who sounds like Rochester) to plague Porky. The rat emerges victorious even after Porky sends a cat after him."


p44
"Disney's"

p34?
"Dave Fleischer, who "Gulliver's directed

Travels" for Paramount, hosted a party the combined scoring and dubbing crews of the Paramount and Fleischer studios. Eighty musicians, technicians and other guests attended."

BoxOffice, November 25, 1939

BoxOffice, November 25, 1939

(first couple of pages) I am certain the 5 should be a $, but I am leaving it there to demonstrate the perils of OCR:
""Pinocchio," said to cost Walt Disney about 52,000.000, was originally planned as a Christmas release, but is not expected to be exhibited before the middle of February. "

"Another opening of importance is Max Fleischer's first animated Technicolor feature, "Gulliver's Travels," which goes into Paramount, December 20, under the Estimated cost on this present plans. animated production, is said to be well over $1,000,000. "


p17?
"theatres in the Warner Neighborhood group featured their special Saturday morning shows with 100 minutes of 'cartoons"

p20 compounded cartoon madness (It is obvious how the following should be divided, but only because I already know the names and positions of the individuals):
"Ending a three-week vacation in Honolulu. Roy Disney is back at his desk at Fred C. the Disney cartoon plant Quimby. Metro short subjects supervisor and head of the cartoon unit, is attending the company's sales meeting in Detroit"

p22? Various proper names precede this, none directly.
"leading 53-piece studio orbegins waxing score of "Gulliver's feature-length Technicolor cartoon"


p35? (reassembled)
""10 best roto tomorrow presents the for 1940" as picked by Paramount and the magazine section cover last Sunday was turned over to that traveling "Gulliver's Travels," man, Mr. Gulliver by the way, will hit the screens ahead of RKO's "Pinocchio." If we remember cor. . .
rectly, it'll be on view about Christmas time, while Disney's won't be re-leased until Easter."

p44?
"Much credit for the planting of the early ballyhoo for 'Gulliver's Travels" can he traced back to Bob Clark, local ad sales Local musimanager for Paramount cians' union will go to court to test the state liquor control board's ruling that dancing must stop at midnight on Satur. "


p25? p46?
"and East Dewas along Filmrow with Bruce HarJack sen, who is his general supervisor Moule of the Tuxedo, Highland Park, is putting on another cartoon party for youngsters"

p48?
"Cartoon Characters Herald Xmas in Shop Windows"
"Pittsburgh In addition to the calendar, another reminder that Christmas is really near was the Santa Claus parade

featuring the "Pinocchio," "Tarzan" and "Gulliver" floats, which took over the Triangle and the North Side last SaturPinocchio, hero of Walt Disney's day. new feature film, with Gepetto, Figaro the Cat, the Blue Fairy and the rest of the troupe are occupying the windows of Another one of the department stores. Paramount's "Gulliver's features store Travels" in the windows and the toy department of this store features "Andy Panda," new cartoon figure of Universal. Another store's window features "The Lone Ranger," and the toy department here has a "Lone Ranger" exhibit for which the admission price is 25 cents. Dozens of books, novelties and mechanical toys of these film characters are being featured at all stores. The old favorites, Mickey Mouse, Krazy Kat, Donald Duck, Pluto, Wizard of Oz, and Snow White characters are also offered, and new Gene Autry books, song books and novelties have made their appearance."

p51?
"Rufus Blair, associated with Hollywood Studios of Paramount, arrived to help out with "Gulliver's Travels" and "The Great Victor Herbert." He tied in with Jordan Marsh on the Christmas week showing of Travels," a Fleischer full"Gulliver's Meyer Marcus, M&P length cartoon exploiteer, is still trying to get an inside straight in a poker game."

p5
"any importance whatever, moving them, from the downtown Midwest and Criterion to the suburban Tower and Plaza at downtown prices. Plans are being made for long runs on "Gulliver's Travels," "The Real Glory," "Rulers of the Sea," "Ninotchka" and other hits due soon."

p67
" "Autograph Hound"

(Disney Cartoon)

8

Donald Duck goes Hollywood for a which should more than satisfy the children and also give adults a good time. Hit with the autograph bug, Donald wangles his way into a couple of studios for autographs of Mickey Rooney, Sonja Henie and a few of the others until word gets around he is the famous Disney duck. The stars drop everything and chase Donald for his autograph, even the lumpy gateman who has been chasing the duck off the lots. The color work is beautiful and, en toto, it is a short which will garnish any program with

line piece of entertainment

just the right thing

it

Never Sock a Baby

Paramount

(Popeye the Sailor)

6

Mins.

Popeye learns it does not pay to spank babies. After spanking Swea' Pea, Popeye has a wild dream in which all sorts of adventures befall Swea' Pea who has fled because of the licking. The cartoon is on the weak side."

BoxOffice, November 11, 1939

BoxOffice, November 11, 1939

p24F
"Examination Requested by Disney

Pre-Trial

New York Walt Disney Productions has applied to the supreme court for permission to examine Adriana Caselotti before trial in connection with her $200,000 action against them and RCA Manufacturing Co. The company seeks to prove the court has no jurisdiction, and that the plaintiff gave her consent to making recordings of her voice. The singer, the "Voice of Snow White," claims RCA dubbed her voice from the sound track in violation of her contract, and made thousands of records from a

master."


p.u?
"antics of animated pictures it must rely on its innate attractiveness rather than too entirely on the pictures it plays. When the theatre is the possessor of a fine reputation as an individualized place of entertainment and relaxation, it is visited and revisited by patrons in spite of not because of its programs, which may be above or below average."

p47
"EMANCIPATOR

Assuming the role of a "modern emancipator" to his public, Fred Mindlin, resident manager of the Essex Theatre on Sheridan Road in Chicago, recently addressed his constituents on the letterhead of the owners. Pine Theatre Corporation. His proclamation reads as follows:

"Dear Sir or Madam:

"Four score and seven days ago this company brought forth the idea of a new theatre, conceived by the best artists and craftsmen, and dedicated to the proposition that
and

tired of sitting through feature pictures, and that

most men and women are sick two lengthy they would

much

prefer a balanced Variety
of a carefully selected Feature Picture plus the Essex Hour of Charm the latest Newsreels, Travelogues, Sports Reels, Comedies, Cartoons and other short subjects.
"And now the Essex Theatre lall newly decorated, air conditioned, and with every comfort imaginable) so conceived and so dedicated is ready for its Gala Opening

on Saturday, October 14th, and with your kind patronage and approval shall not perish from this earth we hope.

—

Sincerely,

"Fred Mindlin, Resident Manager."

Rather a clever bit of showmandising brought right to the point, we think."

p63
"To complete west coast tieups, Harry L. Royster, merchandising exploiteer now working on Paramount's feature-length cartoon, "Gulliver's Travels," planed in from New York"

p64
"include Paramount's first feature-length cartoon produced by Max Fleischer;" "Gulliver's Travels"

p69
"Nine Shorts Producers Are
Awarded Gold Statuettes Los Angeles — As the result of an audiof the Tele-View Theatre, gold statuettes were awarded to nine producers for their outstanding short subjects made during 1939. Occasion also marked the first anniversary for the newsreel house. Receiving the awards at the hands of Gregory Carter, theatre manager, were:
"Old Glory," Technicolor cartoon; Pete Smith, one-reel subject, "Follow the Arrow:" James FitzPatfor

rick for his Traveltalk, "Australia:"

Leon Schlesinger,

New-

ton Jacobs, representing RKO Pathe, for "Bird Dogs:" John Nesbitt, M-G-M, for the outstanding one-reel novelty, "Yankee Doodle Goes to Town:" Carey Wilson, for M-G-M's one-reel dramatic subject, "The Great Heart:" Gordon Hollingshead, for Warner's two-reel color featurette, "Lincoln in the White House:" and Jack Chertok for Metro's two-reel black-and-white,"

page looks to be translated as "J'l"
"Tri-States Theatres and Ralph D. Goldberg takes on a more active flavor this week with each side opening a theatre in Omaha's main business sector. Tri-States is opening the Paramount, a 3,000-seater and an acknowledged "white elephant," on a stage-screen policy on a Prices are 15 cents for chiltrial basis. dren, 35 cents for adults in the afternoons and 55 cents top at night. The house's future policy has not been announced. Goldberg is opening the State, dark for many years, on a "3-in-l" policy. This house, seating about 1,000, will feature a double feature, the "State Hour" which includes 60 minutes of news and cartoons, and a food giveaway to all adult patrons when they leave the theatre. Prices are 10 cents for children, 25 cents during afternoon for adults and 35 cents at night."

p80, Too garbled to be sure of the thrust of the story, but interesting nonetheless:
"—The

University of Min-sota's
engaged in producing an animated cartoon and next January it
like

how

course to teach its students produce them. It eventually expects to be a potential talent source for Walt Disney and other Hollywood
No other cartoon comedy producers. college ever produced an animated cartoon and none has the cartoon producing course for students. The cartoon now in production depicts the history and problems of the"

p104
"Early Saturday morning show at the Majestic featured ten Disney cartoons in celebrating Donald Duck's fifth birthday party. There ivas plenty of entertainment in store for both children and adults through the courtesy of Joske's Boys and Girls Dept.; 53 gift prises were awarded and Borden's gave away free ice cream to all patrons attending this matinee."

p117
"Mountain Ears

Columbia (Color Rhapsody) IV2 Minutes This is an animated takeoff of a popular magazine series of cartoons depicting the adventures of a group of bearded hillThe result is about 50-50, conbillies. sidering the producer had a comparatively original set of characters, yet rung in some well-worn business. The group goes of meanderings typical through the sleepy mountaineers, but comes to life"

BoxOffice, October 28, 1939

BoxOffice, October 28, 1939

p34
"Roy Disney has been in town for a few days in connection with "Pinocchio""

p34D:
"Disney, Technicolor, Alter Suit Dismissal
New York Walt Disney Productions, Technicolor, Technicolor M. P. Corp., and Radio Pictures will seek a dismissal on November 10 of the triple damage suit of Walt I. Whitman against them. Whitman claims the "wilful infringement" of his patent on third dimension photography in "Snow White" and "Pinocchio." The dismissal will be sought on grounds of failure to state a cause of action."

H 35 36?
"Other labor developments:

Society of Motion Picture Film Editors has submitted demands to "Walt Disney for a 100 per cent Guild shop and substantial wage increases Pact does not affect for cutters and librarians. animators, designers or other employes now memScreen Cartoonists. bers of Disney's Federated Board of directors of the SMPFE scheduled a meeting for October 25 to discuss progress of negotiations and to study the effect of the new 42-hour weekly minimum work week on present"

p41 (very mangled, may be the wrong name to associate)
"GEORGE GIBSON,

art director, given

new

con-

tract.

—Producers

to

length

cartoon,

Max Fleischer's first "Gulliver's Travels."

and

feature-"

p84?
"Oswald DeCaillet, man, well-known

33,
artist-cartoonist, and recently connected with a local hotel staff, died here October 13. from an attack of kidney trouble. His mother, Mrs. Katherine DeCaillet, survives. He was a native of Geneva, Switzerland."

p97
"Naughty Neighbors

7 Mins. (Looney Tunes) Vitaphone The entertainment content of this cartoon does not measure up very strongly. Porky Pig signs a pact with Petunia Pig to end the ancient family feud. But hostilities break out again until Porky arrives on the scene with some laughing"

"Fresh Fish

Vitaphone

(Merrie Melody)

Technicolor cartoon which spoofs the adventures of the deep sea fishermen. The animation is gay and colorful and the cartoonists prove that not all the queer All this tranfish walk around on land. spires as the professor seeks out the "Whim Wham Whistling Shark.""

BoxOffice, October 14, 1939

BoxOffice, October 14, 1939

p2G-F?
"Special Ad Budget Aside For 'Gulliver's Travels'

New York Paramount has set aside a $210,000 special advertising budget for newspapers and national magazines for "Gulliver's Tiavcls. wliich is being released as a Christmas week special. Additionally, six exploiteers will be sent out to the field for special tieups early next"


p66 "Painters, meanwhile, set October 16 as the deadline by which time producers must reply to their demands for a salary increase. Painters also are considering the application of the Screen Cartoonists Guild for a charter."

p82?:
"Frances White, WPA art project head for Iowa, has gone to Hollywood to draw mice for Disney at very scant bucks per week."

p102 "Paramount charged that the local printing company made and sold advertising

novelties, 24-sheets, accessories, etc., using names of Paramount stars and titles of

Paramount pictures without identification to show such stars and pictures were Paramount products. In addition, the printers were charged with making "grotesque, inartistic and inferior" drawings and cartoons of Paramount stars and 24-sheets."

p115
"The Orphan Duck

Comedy

Dreams on

Columbia

is

Ice

7

20th Century-Fox

(Terry-Toons)

7

Mins.

(Color Rhapsody)

Mins.

Tlie app>eal in this Technicolor cartoon restricted to matinee trade. It is about a httle boy who floods his room at night in hopes that it would freeze so he can go

ice

skating.

Instead, he falls asleep

and

the toys put on an ice show.

cartoon effort in Technicolor that rates as one of funnier jobs turned out by this studio. It is all about a black duckling who attaches himself to a family of chicks. His presence is resented by the rooster until the duckling saves one of the chicks from drowning.

A

neat"

BoxOffice, September 30, 1939

BoxOffice, September 30, 1939

H? "The Screen Cartoonists Guild will hold a meeting October 1 to determine whether the group shall affiliate with the studio painters. Total membership comprises nearly 400."


p36? "Walter Lantz. Universal cartoon producer,
visited the BrookfieldZoo
to observe the antics of the celebrated panda, MeiMei, as a guide to the introduction of
"Andy Panda." his newest character. The first in the series will deal with Andy,
his mama and
papa, and a mean-tempered turtle"

p46? "Thirteen Warner-Saxe houses here featured Mickey Mouse birthday parties with Mickey Mouse cartoons in addition to the regular show. A similar show, topped by a free ice cream bar, was staged by Saxe's Jeffris Theatre in Janesville"
"In the latter city, Ashley Theatres' Orwith a circus and wild west show featuring Tom Meekes and his trained animals on the stage, plus "Outlaw of the Range" and five Disney cartoons. The Eastwood advertised a 7-unit show for kids for that day, which included the first episode of "Fighting Devil Dogs," a Three Stooges comedy, a Popeye cartoon, a color cartoon, two sport reels and the feature, "Crime Takes a Holiday.""

p58? "One display case was devoted entirely to original drawings from the Walt Disney studio. There were also the original designs of sets in color."


" Jeepers Creepers

Vitaphone

Looney Tune

1

Mins.
Clever and amusing is this cartoon which has Officer Porky tangling with a happygo-lucky ghost in a haunted house. The ghost has a lot of fun with Porky who has the last laugh"

BoxOffice, September 23, 1939

BoxOffice, September 23, 1939

p. after 17: "Gulliver's

Pinnochio— Walt

Travels Feature length ducpd by Max Fleischer for Par Disney's second

cartoon for"

one page after 40-G: "Several S-W managers are slinging together a batch of Popeye cartoons as "Popeye Follies," and using them as a kiddy attraction "

p41?: "The board of directors of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors has rejected requests by various independent producers that the established wage scales be reduced in certain instances. The oris preparing to open negotiawith Walt Disney on a working agreement for members of that craft working at the cartoon plant. Screen Cartoon Guild has called a mass meeting for October 2 to vote on a proposal that the group affiliate with a na-"

"Its executive tional labor organization. board has approved plans to apply for a charter in the international studio paint-

The ers local. prises some 350,

Schlesinger,

SCG membership com-

workers at the Leon Walter Lantz, Charles Katz

and M-G-M cartoon plants. Negotiations by the Screen Readers Guild for a producer bargaining agreement still are snagged over certain clauses in the suggested contract."

one after 47A: "Film notables are marshaling plans to a Children's Aid benefit, to be "Gardenia Gala," lohich tvill be staged at the Biltmore Boiul, September 30 with Mrs. John Nelson James in charge. Patrons and patronesses from the screen colony include the Mischa Auers, Bing and Dixie Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Disney, Preston Foster, Wallace Ford, Al Green, Marjorie Gateson. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland V. Lee, Peter Milne, Robert Taylor and"

p66? "Miss Neagle is as fine as the character she depicts in "Nurse Edith Cavell" (Pronounced "Cavell" as in "cavalcade" not "Cavell" as in "Veil, Vot do you want?"). She was sweet to everyone, including Dick

Calkins, Buck Rogers cartoonist who had crashed the party and wasn't too sober."

p86? "Perhaps it was because he had dictated so many 'steen thousands of words about "Gulliver's Travels." or perhaps became he has not yet been acclimated to Miami's cool nights, or perhaps from the sheer excitement attendant upon the whirl of activities at the Max Fleischer studios where that full-length Technicolor animated cartoon

being rushed for holiday release it was, Walter E. Bradfield,


who has been sent on to the studios here from Paramount offices in Hollywood to supervise the publicity and exploitation for Gulliver, has been confined to his home with a rather painful throat affliction. He


back at his desk, this week, however."


"Eldon Peak, M-G-M office manager, never misses a screening of his company's


new

cartoons."



p105; Shorts in review is a Lantz fest:
"Lite

Begins for Andy Panda

(Lantz Cartune)

8^2 Mins.

Universal

The Pandas have a son and they name him Andy. Andy is cute, but unfortunately the cartoon fails to project its main

character with any degree of originality of humor. Most of the action concerns itself with Andy's attempts to learn what goes on in the outside world and his adventures with the panda himters."

"Snuffy's Party

Universal

(Lantz Cartune)

7

Mins.

good

This cartoon depicting Snuffy Skunk's birthday party, gas masks and all, is below average. Snuffy saves his guests when the dam breaks and then is welcomed to

his own

party.


"Silly Superstition

7 Mins. (Lantz Cartune) Little Blackball tries to convince his dog that it is foolish to be superstitious even though it is Friday the thirteenth. What
transpires

is

meagre program"
(total guess on what to include near the end)

BoxOffice, September 16, 1939

Another extremely light on hits issue of BoxOffice. It does give additional evidence that the Mickey Mouse Nabisco short played at the SFWF.

(midway) "Metro's cartoon department, 48 strong, dropped pencils and brushes and took up golf clubs for their annual tournament at the Brentwood Heights country club. Winners were given merchandise orders on a local men's furnishings store "

p74B: "Golden Gate International Exposition for advertising purposes run the gauntlet from animated cartoons to highly technical and scientific productions. Walt Disney's speshort, in which Mickey Mouse gets top billing, serves to draw hundreds of fairers into National Biscuit Company's little theatre, and is helping to sell plenty of cookies. Over one hundred other exhibitors are showing films on the Island."

BoxOffice, September 9

BoxOffice, September 9, 1939

p31? "one production by Lewis Lewyn; two "Our Gang" comedies; a John Nesbitt "Passing Parade;" a James FitzPatrick "Traveltalk;" two cartoons, one each from Rudolf Ising and Hugh Harman, and two"

p57 "A single-reel cartoon was destroyed in a projection machine fire at George Clair's Arco Theatre. Burgettstown."

p75: "Your correspondent asked his listeners what stories they would

see


like


made

into a

picture, similar

is,

"Wizard of Oz" that

to the with most choices


being for "Cinderella," "Alice in Wonderland" and more of the Oz stories. Many suggested "Pinnochio" and "Gulliver's Travels" as a good story material for films. Won't they be surprised how quick the films can take up a fan's suggestion?"

p76: "Gulliver

Sent

Miami

double

to

and Popeye Are See the World

By "AL"

Dixie Doin's HENDERSON

for a dummy reception, a reception, to be exact, are the exciting activities centering these days around the office of W. E. Bradford, special Paramount publicity representative assigned to the Max Fleischer studios for concentrated exploitation of the full length animated Technicolor feature, "Gulliver's Travels.""

"referred to are life-sized figures of Gulliver and Popeye who will be started on their transcontinental air tour by the time this appears in print. The squint-eyed sailor is chaperoning Gulliver on his trip to Miami where the latter is to fulfill a film contract! At some 30 cities en route the dummies will be ceremoniously presented to the mayors to whom they will extend invitations to Gulliver's "big

The dummies"
"A

flood,

no

less,

of cleverly

pouring out of Hollywood from the negatives being sent on from Miami by Bradfield. Principals in the first of these pictures have been the two Miamians who have modeled for the figures and voices of Gulliver and Princess Glory, Sam Parker and Lovinia (Levey) Warren. Picture plans call for the making of at least 600 gag stills against the Miami background."



p77? "Miami Highly satisfied with the first color rushes on Paramount's "Gulliver's Travels," Max Fleischer will start soon on a second full-length cartoon feature to be made as a successor to the screen version of the Jonathan Swift satire.

Fleischer's corps of readers was directed to comb the field of fantasy for a suitable story. Some of the script writers were put at work making rough outlines of adaptations of stories listed by Fleischer."

"More than 700 artists are working at present on "Gulliver's Travels," which is now in the final stages of production."


p88? "The Bookworm

M-G-M
Cartoon

and the imaginaexecution of the plot of this item should prove their worth to the exhibitor. Chiefly concerned are characters from weird literature who make a witch's brew.

beautiful coloring

A worm

to locate

is

lacking. A raven is dispatched one and from that point on the
chase device

are

fulness.

is worked in. The variations humorous and show inventive resource-
First rate entertainment."

Disney Bulletin, September 8, 1939, v2n10

I think my plan had been "I can provide low res scans, and it'll be fine as I will have transcribed it." Sadly, I do not appear to have already transcribed this behemoth, just read it (many months ago). And I'm not going to transcribe it right now. Which leaves you with some less than razor sharp scans to read, that are at best marginably readable (you'll need to open the base images; I realize they are not readable as they simply appear on the page). This one was much more affordable than some copies that popped up later (including v2n7 that I posted the front page for in August). Enjoy learning of the person to person sale of radios in the Disney organization, and many muddy text items.

BoxOffice, September 2, 1939

BoxOffice, September 2, 1939

p 76: "special "Kiddie Cartoon Jamboree" at the Lenox Theatre, a Warner"

Very light in terms of hits; outside of the shorts listing, no Disney, no Gulliver. The OCR may have been problematic on this issue for some reason, just based on the extreme lack of relevant material.

Disney Bulletin, August 18, 1939

This image is from a Howard Lowery auction, but I have a complete issue which will pop up in a couple/few weeks I scanned the inner pages from. Neither those scans or the transcription of the text I made are on this computer; hopefully they're both on the computer I scan on.

BoxOffice, August 19, 1939

This entry is a bit late for balance; it technically would have run immediately after the last BoxOffice if I'd run it in the right place.

p33

"Dr. Duck Gets Degree as Crowds Roar

It seems that Walt Disney will have to be more respectful to Donald, now that the Duck is a doctor of international friendship. It happened at the World's Fair and at Carnival-land to be exact about it. Dr. Frank Monaghan, professor of American history at Yale and director of research at the Fair, did the honors. The camera proves it."

(presumably there's a picture in the issue)

p79
"Cartoon Unit installed by Metro

M-G-M third cartoon unit has been installed William Hanna and Joe Barbera in charge under the general supervision of Fred Quimby. Producing musical cartoons, the unit will increase the annual output from 15 to 18.

The Hanna-Barbera department will function as a supplement to the units already being operated by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising."

p79
"Cartoons on Schedule
Leon Schlesinger has shipped the first "Merrie Melodie" and the first "Looney Tune" on his 1939-40 quota for Warner, the cartoons were completed right on schedule. Schlesinger has 18 others in various phases of production."



p127 (125?)

"The Two-Headed Giant

20th Century-Fox

they

(Terry-Toon)

7

Mins.

A fairly entertaining reel about the adventures of Jack, the Giant-Killer. The villain of the piece is a two-headed giant is bested by Jack in a fierce struggle. There is little in it, however, that is very original."

"Jitterbug Knights
Columbia
(Color Rhapsody)
7 Mins.

The Golden West

20th Century-Fox (Terry-Toon) An ordinary cartoon account

7 Mins.
trials and of the tribulations of the Belle of the Golden West. Bad Bill comes along and kiddnaps the heroine. The hero and his pint-sized Indian friend. Dodo, finally vanquish Bad Bill and, as in all westerns, the hero gets the Belle.

Another sprightly Technicolor cartoon from Columbia. This one is packed with syncopation, showing an heir born to the king. The son is a regular jitterbug and is a talented youngster at playing several musical instruments. Even the dignitaries of the king's palace fall in line and all the knights step to the lively tunes. Should make a hit, especially with the kiddies."

BoxOffice, August 12, 1939

BoxOffice August 12, 1939

p45?
"New

Lantz Cartoons

"Adventures of Tom Thumb" and "Kittens' Mittens" have been placed in work Beas cartoon shorts by Walter Lantz. ing produced in Technicolor, they are for

Universal release."

"The Walter Lantz cartoon staff was handed a week's vacation with pay as a

bonus for completing the entire 1939-40 Lantz lineup for Universal far ahead of schedule"

p56C?

"with a slug of spinach juice, Seattle police are on the trail of a stolen Popeye reel. "Leave Well Enough Alone." a cartoon depicting the adventures of Popeye, was stolen from the Paramount exchange"

"The Barnyard Brat

Paramount

(Color Classic)

7

Zoo

Mins.

RKO

A

This introduces Spunky and Hunky, new mule characters. Spunky might be a Dead End kid in his field. He's first-class brat and bully, going about making things miserable for the barnyard families. When things become unbearable and an appeal his mother fails, the animals take things into hand and properly even things up.


The Stubborn Mule

Universal (Walter Lantz Cartune 7 Mins. Fairly routine animation, although the kids won't be disappointed. Little EightBall, new pickanniny character, employs a heap of ruses to get a stubborn mule off its haunches. There's a lot of effort but little action until a bolt of lightning does the trick.

Hare-Um Scare-Um

Vitaphone

(Merrie Melody

i

Arabs With Dirty Fezzes

Mins.

7

Jolm Soiu-puss finds meat arices soaring he decides to go ahunting. rhere's a wise old rabbit who makes it pretty imcomfortable for the hunter and

old

lis

t.

When

Hollywood Sweepstakes

Columbia

(Color

Universal (Walter Lantz Cartune) 7 Mins.

Grandpa mouse

It

is

telling

his

grandson

Rhapsody)

let

8

Mins.

about his exploits in the foreign legion.

for amusing fantasy. The adults should get a kick out of it. too. The patriarch, in flashback a lowly shoe shine boy, rises to a hero when he holds off hordes of enemy Arabs.

bloodhound. The youngsters may like Color and music are much better than

the material content.

their imagination run away with them, as in this case, the humor content diminishes in proportion. So there is little left in this cartoon version of a horse race.

When

the animators

makes"

p110
"York, Pa.—Paul Harvey of the Strand has taken the highly unpopular institution —the dental clinic— and used it for a kiddie tieup with his theatre.

Crime

of Dr. Crespi."

An

Unscrambling^Contest

for

Held

Sponsors Ball

"Daughters"

Team

The trick was to get the schools to let kids off a few hours earlier if they attended the clinic. The schools also advertise a special "clinic show" at the Sirind, when Harvey gives them three hours of entertainment, including plenty of cartoons. The clinic also advertises the

shows."

"July 16 (65) singing policeman Is framed into "doubling for a pig" by an animated Phil Regan, Jean Parker. cartoon producer. Director: Sidney Salkow. July 26 "

"Adventures of Jane Arden. .321. (58) Mar. 18 Action Drama. From the newspaper comic strip cartoon, detailing the adventures of the feminine star reporter, who Is assigned to trace down the mysterious killing of a society girl. Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson. Director; Terry Morse."

"pAUL

for

Interstate

H. ALLEN, animator for Walt Disney studios, Hollywood, has arrived here"

BoxOffice, August 5, 1939

BoxOffice August 5, 1939

p40?

"First

Animated Cartoon

Being

Made in Germany

—News

that


Germany

is

its first

animated cartoon


film is noteworthy in that German newspapers recently commented ironically on the success of American cartoons. The initial effort will be in color and based on of a fairy-tale plot."

p45?

"The NLRB is conducting a hearing to determine whether the Screen Cartoonists Guild shall be designated exclusive bargaining agent for the craft. The SCG

claims jurisdiction in the Sclilesinger, Lantz. Katz and M-G-M cartoon units. Producers have signed a five-year agreement with the Scenic Artists Ass'n, calling for wage tilts and a six-hour day. Screen Publicists and Screen Readers Guilds' requests for working contracts have been sidetracked until more pressing labor matters are disposed of. Second test case involving minimum wage clauses in the Society of Motion"

p109?

"Wise Quack

Vitaphone (Looney Time Cartoon) 7 Mins. Only fair, with little ingenuity surrounding the arrival of four new ducklings, one being carried off by a condor, and the subsequent rescue by Porky and his ducky friends. Old stuff and nary a new idea.

best or worse, take to them. Regardless of the direction one looks, they look the same. As salesmen for arctic clothing, they wander by mistake into a tropical earthquake belt and become involved in a local revolution. Tlieir escape is beset with perils, but they make it."

"Officer

Duck

RKO

(Walt Disney)

Mins.

Not one of the best Disney shorts, but enough laughs to keep the Donald Duck fans happily satisfied. Donald is a radio car copper who is ordered to get Tiny Tim and bring him in. The way he does it makes for an amusing episode, with Donald playing the part of a baby, but getting his man."

BoxOffice July 29, 1939

Boxoffice July 29. 1939

p38E?39?
"Cartoon editors, assistant editors and film librarians of Walt Disney Productions will be represented by the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors, and production employes by the Federation of Screen Cartoonists, it was announced."

p47ish?
"New Cartoon Star

Walter Lantz has introduced a new charter, "Pan," making his bow in "Petern," a Technicolor cartoon short for Unirsal release. "Pan" was created by Will i)gany, the artist, and the story for the el was supplied by Elaine Pogany, his fe"

p86?
"... A new

W.

sales-

A. Holliday. for-

Max

Hampton HowFleischer studios. ard, who has been active here in that capacity, is being transferred to New York to work on the exploitation of '•Gulliver's Travels.""

Work on

the

full

length

Technicolor

feature, "Gulliver's Travels." is on the home stretch, with all studio activities concentrated on the completion of that pro-"

p88
"pLEISCHER'S STUDIO
technicians discovered this week the best heart around the premises was the heart of Stone of Milton Stone, to be specific. After a series of heart beat amplifying— beginning with the studio's huskiest^ it was discovered the bump-bump under the ribs of the studio's cafeteria manager was the most convincingly heartlike. And so Milton Stone's heart was placed under contract. The first two 200 pounders sounded for heart beats suprised the technicians and themselves by producing hop. skip and
reverberations. The tests were made secure the proper heart sound to be heard by the Lilliputians as they arrive at the conviction that Gulliver is not a mountain. Continued additions are being
made

to

the studio's personnel which

is

nearing the 600 mark."

"Besides having all three paint mills at the Fleischer Studios now grinding 24 hours a day, an additional outside mill has been secured for the studio's use. Some 60 more artists have been added since last week's announcement that the studio's staff had reached the 500 mark!"


"
Two

local

vig.

Fleischer Studio personaUties

made

news: Dave Fleischer and Pinto ColThe former brought to boat his first

sailfish,
a 73-pounder, while fishing in the Gulf Stream out from Fort Lauderdale. It has dubbed, appropriately enough, "Gulliver." It is to be mounted. Pinto broke down and made public his panacea for the tortured larynx he sustains after a long session of acting as the studio's human sound effect machine. It's a long tall chilled beaker of buttermilk. This professional No. 1 clown is known as the "voice of the studio." He also announces that he is the "world's cornest coronet player.""

BoxOffice, July 22, 1939

Boxoffice July 22, 1939

OK, we come to a stumbling block in the use of BoxOffice. It's no longer on Issuu. So I'm limited to text cache's from Google until it shows up on BoxOffice's own site, which Yowp/Fibber Fox was informed by BoxOffice it shall be doing (BoxOffice.com now has a section called The Vault; based on their estimate of 5 issues being put up a week, they should be done in 2021). I'm limited to searching for terms (the text is too jumbled by OCR to actually just read), and text will be jumbled in order due to pagination to OCR issues. So, sorry for the massive drop in quality that's now occurring. Think of it as better than nothing.

p28D?
"Motion pictures were shown weeks by General Jones Playground Carter Motors. Included in the free show were cartoons, news events and commercial"

p83?

"Chicago "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and •The Kid Prom Texas," both M-G-M pictures, are the only family pictui-es listed in the June report of the Better Films Council of Chicago. The adult and young adult classification included "Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" and "Invitation to Happiness" (Para)
"Ex-Champ" and "Captain Fury" CUA) "The Sun Never Sets" (Univ), and "S.O.S. Tidal Wave" (Rep). The adult group included "Blind Alley" (Col) and "Volga Boatman" lAmkino). A special classification was listed including the Warner Bros.' Porky and Pig cartoon. "Old Glory," and "Only Angels Have Wings" and "Romance of the Redwoods" (Col); "Soviet Cavalcade" lAmkino); "Tarzan Finds a Son" (M-G-M); "Winner Take All" (20th-Pox); and "Wolf Call" (Mono).

p126
"tically simultaneously in England, Prance, America, and Germany, and each of these countries has, on occasion, claimed the honour of 'inventing cinematography.' "Probably the first instrument to hint at the possibilities underlying optical combinations of inanimate drawings was Herschel's Thaumatrope. This toy was followed towards the middle of the 19th century by a variety of devices for animating a succession of drawings, of which perhaps the best known is the Zoetrope, patented by W. G. Horner in 1833, by which a very presentable illusion of motion was produced. In 1838 these forerunners of the modern cartoon were projected on to the screen at the London Polytechnic. "By 1870, Marey of Paris, and Heyl of Philadelphia, had both devised cameras for recording consecutive photographs on glass disks. Marey was primarily interested in analyzing the movements made by animals and birds. Maybridge (of Kingston) in 1872 made similar series. By 1885 Maybridge had over 100,000 photographic plates of moving men, beasts, and birds, some of which in 1887 he reproduced on bands of paper for viewing in the Zoetrope. He may have been the first to combine the illusion of reality given by the photograph with the illusion of movement which results from viewing a rapid suc-"

p129?

relevant sections

"A-Haunting We Will Go

(Walter Lanlz Cartune) Universal 7 Mins.

original form

in this very

It

pleasant one-reeler for any program. Subjects include a sequence which shows how the storks handle their own baby situation in addition to teaching them to fly, an impressive glimpse of Alaska and an amusing peek at monkeys in a cage with a bow to Darwin.

A

most delightful and abundantly displayed
Hello,

Paramount

How Am

(Popeye)

I

7 Mins.

amusing colored cartoon. seems that dusky little Eight Ball just won't be scared by a well-meaning baby ghost. Unable to frighten his

subject,
little apparition takes Eight Ball and whisks him

Quite a bit of fun here as Popeye Is almost stymied by Wimpy. Wimpy overhears Olive Oyl's invitation to Popeye for a hamburger dinner. He then disguises himself as Popeye and confuses Olive Oyl until Popeye reasserts liimself in the usual

where a flock of work on him. manner in which the animators have them do it make for hilarious moments.

to

away

an

old mill

emphatic manner.

veteran

ghosts

go

to

What they do and

the

Yip-Yip-Yippy

Paramount

(Betty Boop)

7

Mins.


Humor content in this cartoon is almost negligible. It introduces Vanilla, a horse, who helps a drug store cowboy vanquish the villain of the piece.



Goldilocks

'-G-M

and

the Three

11

M-G-M

(FitzPatrick Traveltalk)

Bears

(M-G-M

Cartoon)

Mins.

Effective animation aids in making this irtoon Impressive, but the contents are ill for the youngsters. It's the tale of oldilocks who comes to the bear's home nd eats the porridge. Papa Bear smacks ightly of Wallace Beery. A sugary narraon is not much of a help. Should be good

uff for the kids, however.

on strike, Charlie McCarthy Day at Fair, thrilling gas attack staged