Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age / / Michael Barrier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819067603321
• Autore: Barrier J. Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0-19-983922-0; 1-280-84080-3; 0-19-802079-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 648 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 791.433
• Soggetti: Animated films - United States; Caricatures and cartoons - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index.; First published 1999; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the ""Flip Books""; Introduction; PART I: Cartoon Acting; PART II: Cartoon Reality; Afterword; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Hollywood Cartoons, Michael Barrier takes us on a glorious guided tour of American animation in the 1930's, '40's, and '50's, to meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many other cartoon favorites. Beginning with black-and-white silent cartoons, Barrier offers an insightful account, taking us inside early New York studios and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Barrier excels at illuminating the creative side of animation--revealing how stories are put together,