Terrytoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there are a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is Terrytoons.

“Walt Disney is the Tiffany’s of the business, and I am the Woolworth’s.”

Paul Terry

Terrytoons

The studio with the lowest budget in animation. read more

Walter Lantz cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there are a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is Walter Lantz’ animation studio, home of Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker.

Walter Lantz Productions

Walter Lantz had been an indepented producer since 1935. He produced Oswald read more

UPA limited animation 1943-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there’s a few interesting things to be found. Today’s turn is John Hubley’s UPA, known for their stylistic innovations. UPA was a completely new discovery for me, during my… “research”. read more

Mintz/Screen Gems cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

After talking in detail about cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation from the great Studios (Disney, Warner Bros’, MGM, Fleischer), Yesterday’s Joe is back with his favourite animated clips by… the rest. These will be kind of throwaway posts, but nonetheless there’s a few interesting things to be found. First up is Charles Mintz’s animation studio, later named Screen Gems.

Mintz/Screen Gems

A few months before his death in 1939, Charles Mintz sold the studio to Columbia Pictures and the studio was read more