Word: cartooning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...line was originated by E. B. White, and should properly be credited to him rather than to the undersigned. The. story of the origin of the cartoon (and its caption) is told in a volume modestly entitled One Dozen Roses (Random House), some rare first editions of which may, very likely, still be procured...
...wolf gazed hungrily at the shapely maiden. Then he drooled and howled. But no moviegoer ever saw that scene from MGM's cartoon, Red Hot Riding Hood. Hollywood's censor, the Breen office, which hardly blinks at a human wolf on the screen, turned a prompt thumbs-down on the cartoon version. Last week Producer Walter Lantz sounded off on some other rules of cartoon censorship...
Producer Lantz, whose stable of Universal International cartoon characters includes Woody Woodpecker, Buzz Buzzard and Wally Walrus, keeps his feathered and furry folk as innocent and clean-living as a troop of Cub Scouts. Unlike Hollywood's human stars, the animals may not 1) drink hard liquor, 2) smoke, 3) be ghosts, 4) do bumps & grinds, 5) cavort in diaphanous costumes like the kind Betty Grable wears. Chamber pots, privies, cow milking-relics of earlier movie days-are gone forever. Although cartoon villains may belabor all and sundry, no blood may ever flow...
...gentler in his handling of the programs themselves, and sometimes worries for fear one of his satires may make a performer unhappy. Last week he was cheered to get a letter from The Lonesome Gal (TIME, June 26, 1950), assuring him that she was delighted with a recent cartoon that showed an adolescent snarling "Mush!" at her honeyed comments...
Trnka, an artist and sculptor in his own right, has used but two live actors. All the other parts are played by cleverly carved wooden figurines. Using animated cartoon technique, Trnka filmed each frame of the movie separately-taking as many as twenty shots for a simple movement of an arm. The production is in Nu-Agfa color, which lends a soft, warm tone to the action...