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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: xviii, 648 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195037596
  • 9780195037593
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.433 21
LOC classification:
  • NC1766.U5 B37 1999
Online resources:
Incomplete contents:
Part I: Cartoon acting : Beginnings, 1911-1930, "flip book": rubber-hose animation -- Disney, 1930-1933 -- Disney, 1933-1936 -- Disney's rivals, 1928-1937 -- Disney, 1936-1938 -- Disney, 1938-1941, "flip book": stretch and squash -- Declines and falls, 1937-1942 -- Part II: Cartoon reality : Warner Bros., 1933-1940 -- The Disney diaspora, 1942-1950 -- MGM, 1939-1952 -- Warner Bros., 1941-1945, "flip book": smear animation -- Warner Bros., 1945-1953 -- UPA, 1944-1952 -- The iris closes, 1952-1966.
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Books Books قاعة الثقاقات الاجنبية - الدور الثالث المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة 791.433 B2756 Am.W. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.1 Available 01000110201060000

Summary: An authoritative account of the "golden age" of Hollywood studio cartoons during the 1930s, 1940s, & 1950s, with a steady focus on the Walt Disney studio, as well as Warner Bros. & MGM. Take a guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s and meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and many other cartoon favorites. 50 halftones.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [575]-625) and index.

Part I: Cartoon acting : Beginnings, 1911-1930, "flip book": rubber-hose animation -- Disney, 1930-1933 -- Disney, 1933-1936 -- Disney's rivals, 1928-1937 -- Disney, 1936-1938 -- Disney, 1938-1941, "flip book": stretch and squash -- Declines and falls, 1937-1942 -- Part II: Cartoon reality : Warner Bros., 1933-1940 -- The Disney diaspora, 1942-1950 -- MGM, 1939-1952 -- Warner Bros., 1941-1945, "flip book": smear animation -- Warner Bros., 1945-1953 -- UPA, 1944-1952 -- The iris closes, 1952-1966.

Gift ; The American Embassy in Cairo ; Cairo ; 2016

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