Books 19 Sep 2009 07:44 am
The MGM Chapter
- Last Saturday, I posted a couple of pages of a Terrytoon walk cycle from the book by Gene Byrnes, The Complete Guide to Cartooning. This book has a full chapter on MGM cartoons which is credited to Fred Quimby as writer. The book was a strong inspiration for me when I was a kid, and it still sends a chill up my back and gets me wanting to animate when I look at a couple of those images.
I mentioned this chapter last week and have debated whether to post it. I’ve seen it on line at the blog Sweaterthieves (they posted many of the pages), and the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive has posted seven of the chapters that deal with specific cartoonists. However, this chapter seems to warrant some higher resolution images, and I’ve decided to place it here in case you haven’t seen it or don’t know it.
By the way, if you can identify any of the animators or people in the photos, please leave a comment.
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Upper right: Preston Blair / Bottom: Asst Animator Tom McDonald
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Upper: Max Maxwell head of checking / Bottom: Irv Spence
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Middle: (standing) Tex Avery (seated> composer Scott Bradley
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Upper left: (standing) Animator, Mike Lah
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And like Sweaterthieves, I’m enlarging the photo of the storyboard. Without the benday pattern and at a higher res, it’s a little easier to read blown up.
This book also includes some pretty great (non-animation) cartoonists. I’ll pick out a handful and post them next week. I still remember every page from my childdhood when I borrowed this book countless times from my local public library.
on 23 Sep 2009 at 1:56 pm 1.james walker said …
Picture no.9 is the great animator IRVEN SPENCE.Picture no.3 is PRESTON BLAIR.Picture no.4 is assitant animator TOM McDONALD.Picture no.8 is MAX MAXWELL head of the checking dept.Picture no.16 is TEX AVERY standing and SCOTT BRADLY sitting.Picture 19 is MIKE LAH standing. HOPE THIS HELPS…JTW
on 23 Sep 2009 at 3:10 pm 2.Michael said …
Thanks, I’ve put the info under the appropriate photos.