Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939-1945, Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 078641555X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Cartoons go to war - An excellent look at WWII Hollywood Keith Paynter This book is a must for anyone interested in animation history, because it focuses primarily on Hollywood cartoons produced during the years surrounding World War II. All the major studios, from Disney to Warners produced animated cartoons that in some way or another touched on the European conflict, and stepped up production when the war approached their native soil.The cartoons would often be morale boosters for those who had family fighting the war, and topical humor would be found in cartoons poking fun at Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito, although many would also make light of situations on t. Ellen J. MacWilliam said Cartoon Heroes!. I am an avid History of Animation educator. I love reading and learning about the Hollywood studios of the Cartoon Heroes! I am an avid History of Animation educator. I love reading and learning about the Hollywood studios of the 30's and Cartoon Heroes! Ellen J. MacWilliam I am an avid History of Animation educator. I love reading and learning about the Hollywood studios of the 30's and 40's to see how thier studios worked and animated. This book was incredibly inspiring and informational. It has a nice range of studios depicted in the time period and how each contributed to the war effort. The book selects multiple cartoons from this era and explains the hidden use of propaganda in the shorts. It also depicts what the animators and studio teams had to go through to even work on the shorts! Absolutely amazing, greatly filled with information.. 0's to see how thier studios worked and animated. This book was incredibly inspiring and informational. It has a nice range of studios depicted in the time period and how each contributed to the war effort. The book selects multiple cartoons from this era and explains the hidden use of propaganda in the shorts. It also depicts what the animators and studio teams had to go through to even work on the shorts! Absolutely amazing, greatly filled with information.. 0's and Cartoon Heroes! Ellen J. MacWilliam I am an avid History of Animation educator. I love reading and learning about the Hollywood studios of the 30's and 40's to see how thier studios worked and animated. This book was incredibly inspiring and informational. It has a nice range of studios depicted in the time period and how each contributed to the war effort. The book selects multiple cartoons from this era and explains the hidden use of propaganda in the shorts. It also depicts what the animators and studio teams had to go through to even work on the shorts! Absolutely amazing, greatly filled with information.. 0's to see how thier studios worked and animated. This book was incredibly inspiring and informational. It has a nice range of studios depicted in the time period and how each contributed to the war effort. The book selects multiple cartoons from this era and explains the hidden use of propaganda in the shorts. It also depicts what the animators and studio teams had to go through to even work on the shorts! Absolutely amazing, greatly filled with information.
Nearly 1000 cartoons were produced by the seven major animation studios in the U.S. There is also a good bit of overall commentary on these films as a group. More than a quarter of the cartoons substantially refer to the war, and thereby are invaluable in helping to understand American attitudes and Hollywood's reflection of them. Two chapters wrap up animated cartoons of World War I and the general political tenor of animated talkies of the 1930s. The meat of Doing Their Bit is a filmography with extremely detailed summaries of the 260 or so commercially produced, animated, war-related shorts, 1939-1945. The golden age of animation stretched from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, with movie cartoons reaching an extraordinarily high level of artistry and technique--far higher than today's TV cartoons, for instance. between January 1, 1939, and September 30, 1945--the immediate pre-World War II period up to the cessati
"Invaluable." --Classic Images"Entertaininga welcome addition." --Arba"Provides a content analysis of wartime cartoonsreflecting the way in which war themes were handled." --Animation Journal
. Wilt is a librarian at the University of Maryland in College Park. Film historian and media propaganda specialist Michael S. Shull currently teaches film history at George Washington University and teaches mass communications at Montgomery College (both in the Washington, D.C., area). Together they authored Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945 (1996). David E. Wilt is also the author of The Mexican Filmography (2003). He lives in Ga