Conn-ing Jack Benny

Harry W. Conn was doing well in the 1920s, writing the stage vehicles “Relaxation” (for ventriloquist Valentine Fox), “Dizzy 1928,” “Twelve O’Clock at Night,” “At the Station” and “Just Back From Abroad,” among many others.

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It's All About Feature Cartoons

You know how Hollywood is. Something’s a big hit and then everyone thinks maybe they should try to the same thing (and the hit-maker makes sequels and prequels until everyone’s tired of them).

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The Jerky Journey of the Jerky Journeys

Once sound came in, the big movie studios all had cartoons as part of their release schedule. The Poverty Row studios didn’t—with one exception.

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Beast of Rectangles

Here’s a little bit of inventive limited animation from the Fractured Fairy Tale “Beauty and the Beast.”

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The Beast turns into three different odd shapes that are alternated as a pain take, two frames per drawing.