Word: upa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same bill is the loudly-heralded UPA adaptation. On the same bill is the loudly-heralded UPA adaptation nof Edgar Allen Poe's "The tell-tale Heart." Imaginatively interpreted in a sort of restrained surrealism, it is a delight to the eye, but fails to capture the terror and suspense of the original yarn...
...UPA cartoons accompanying the feature are ingenious blends of humor and imagination. Done in the style of Gerald McBoing-Boing, Rooty Toot Toot recreates the story of Frankie and Johnny as a courtroom parody and the Grizzly golfer relates the exploits of near-sighted Mr. McGoo, who mistakes at bear for his caddy. It is heartening to see a cartoon which relies more on witty dialogue and imaginative drawing than on the blatant sadism exhibited in the usual Disney production...
...UPA has raised cartoon animation to high intellectual plane with stylized, angular drawing, while Disney's characters remain round, warm and fine companions. The drawing is so expert that after the first few minutes of watching the screen I forgot that Peter was being played by a number 3 indelible pencil...