Hollywood Cartoons American Animation in Its Golden Age

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Synopsis

In Hollywood Cartoons, Michael Barrier takes us on a glorious guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, to meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many other cartoon favorites.
Beginning with black-and-white silent cartoons, Barrier offers an insightful account, taking us inside early New York studios and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Barrier excels at illuminating the creative side of animation--revealing how stories are put together, how animators develop a character, how technical innovations enhance the "realism" of cartoons. Here too are colorful portraits of the giants of the field, from Walt and Roy Disney and their animators, to Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.
Based on hundreds of interviews with veteran animators, Hollywood Cartoons gives us the definitive inside look at this colorful era and at the creative process behind these marvelous cartoons.

Book details

Author:
Michael Barrier
ISBN:
9780198020790
Related ISBNs:
9780195167290, 9780195037593, 9780199839223, 9780195167290, 9780195037593, 9780199839223
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-12-10
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2003
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Education, Entertainment, History, Nonfiction