Though his popularity lasted less than a decade, Felix the Cat remains one of the seminal figures in pre-sound animation. The mischievous, clever cat appeared in over 150 animated shorts throughout the 1920s, many of which served to influence an entire generation of animators to come. The origins of the character have long been questioned,…
Another month come and gone … it was a big one ’round these parts, and July promises many more happenings to come, so let’s get to it. Movie Memories 2.0 We offer our sincerest thanks to all of the wonderful writers who contributed to our second annual “Movie Memories” event! Circumstances dictated that this year’s…
This week, each of your True Classics crew members has shared her own “movie memories,” ranging from the classics to the not-so-much-but-still-wonderful films that we love. Today we wrap up our second annual Movie Memories celebration (and return to our long-running Saturday Morning Cartoons series) with Brandie’s recollections. We didn’t go to the movies very…
This is not the kind of post I ever wanted to write on this blog. Hell. This is not the kind of news I ever wanted to receive, or have to share with anyone. And I debated a long time about even writing this post, because it is a difficult subject. Scratch that–it’s a shitty,…
True Classics will remain on hiatus for the next two weeks as Brandie recovers from an unexpected emergency surgical procedure. As such, our Movie Memories event will now kick off in June. Thank you for your understanding and well-wishes at this time. We’ll return to our regularly-scheduled blog programming soon!
When Carley, headmistress of The Kitty Packard Pictorial, announced the “I Totally F***ing Love This Movie” blogathon, it occurred to me that I have several personal favorites that could fit this bill. Most of them are classics, to be sure (I mean, DUH–remember where you are, folks). Still, despite my near-constant grumblings about the utter…
We’ve talked previously on this blog about the influence of cartoonist/animation pioneer Winsor McCay, but I’m going to mention it again (and again and again and again), as it would be nearly impossible to overstate his importance in promoting animation as a viable artistic medium. Films like Little Nemo (1911) and Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) directly inspired countless…
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