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

Warner Bros cartoons 1937-1949 – Golden Age of Animation

I’m back with a long overdue selection of some of my favourite Warner Bros cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will feature several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies from 1937-1949, from some of the greatest animators of the Golden Age, like Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. As always, lots of videos, pictures and inappropriate captions! All highly original content.

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Porky’s Movie Mystery

In the mid 30’s, Schlesinger hired director Tex Avery to revitalize the studio. Avery realized there was read more