tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post6700319490219451914..comments2024-03-24T16:25:05.751-04:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: The Autograph Hound (1939)Mark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-83950880747596534392014-02-22T13:15:43.426-05:002014-02-22T13:15:43.426-05:00As of 2014, Mickey Rooney is the very last survivi...As of 2014, Mickey Rooney is the very last surviving entertainer caricatured in the Autograph Hound.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-64957293542397110522012-06-12T15:50:37.839-04:002012-06-12T15:50:37.839-04:00I think the very early Donald and the 1950's D...I think the very early Donald and the 1950's Donald was the best incarnations of the character. Donald worked when he was a trouble maker or a regular joe and not just a generic duck that would loose his temper.Ricardo Cantoralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518171797365794688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-15031552191083782732012-06-09T06:42:39.658-04:002012-06-09T06:42:39.658-04:00Good mosaic.
Damn...I worked on it while you poste...Good mosaic.<br />Damn...I worked on it while you posted it. But it's nothing, it's too late to grumble...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-48187192474212696082012-06-06T13:15:17.141-04:002012-06-06T13:15:17.141-04:00In Allen's defense, the Mickey Rooney design h...In Allen's defense, the Mickey Rooney design he was working from is one of the clunkiest and most poorly constructed Disney models of all time. I don't know what Joe Grant was thinking when he approved that one. I'll send you a copy right now.Amidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-22604101721798669452012-06-05T09:59:13.868-04:002012-06-05T09:59:13.868-04:00"Ward Kimball's Ritz Brothers are a highl...<i>"Ward Kimball's Ritz Brothers are a highlight of the cartoon ... Kimball really pushes the poses and the timing. As the caricatures are pretty broad, he doesn't have to worry too much about holding the likenesses."</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Despite the 'generic wackiness' (via the Ritz Brothers) the example that Mark posted of Kimball's animation is a good reminder of the freedom of movement and change of shape that is possible with pure hand-drawn animation .<br /><br />I guess because most of modern mainstream television/theatrical animation has become so devoid of entertaiment value (in the actual <i>movement</i> of the characters) that even this minor example of generic wackiness for wackiness sake looks good to me. <br /><br />Thanks for posting the slow-mo version, Mark. It was fun to watch it .David https://www.blogger.com/profile/09728364431363413760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-71819158589022075292012-06-04T00:39:17.279-04:002012-06-04T00:39:17.279-04:00I didn't realize Emery Hawkins was at Disney&#...I didn't realize Emery Hawkins was at Disney's early enough to work on this cartoon, but yeah, that's his style of posing and timing in those last scenes for sure.<br /><br />I loved your assessment of the success rate of the caricatures. The Mickey Rooney bit is indeed poor and the Shirley Temple scenes are very well-done. I might have to voice some dissent, though, as the Kimball scenes are a weak point for me. It's generic wackiness, but then again, he's caricaturing generic wacky personalities.<br /><br />The animated Donald I find most compelling is <i>very</i> early on. I'm talking about Dick Lundy's scenes in ORPHAN'S BENEFIT or Dick Huemer's in THE BAND CONCERT. It was a very unique design and new kind of personality for its time done artfully. Like Mickey, Donald got blander as they refined his design, and the studio's stock company of characters became as generic as anything at Terrytoons with the heavyweights moving to the features.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-73845018863973902292012-06-03T17:34:07.011-04:002012-06-03T17:34:07.011-04:00I forgot to say...Good mosaic, Mark. It certainly ...I forgot to say...Good mosaic, Mark. It certainly has been a while; I believe "Dumbo" was your last mosaic - which was about two years ago...Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-34440013561687580612012-06-03T17:31:37.314-04:002012-06-03T17:31:37.314-04:00Stephin Fetchit appears to be caricatured a lot in...Stephin Fetchit appears to be caricatured a lot in Golden Age cartoons like at Warner Bros. I admit I don't understand his appeal. Gable has also been caricatured as well as Garbo. Interesting how Clark Gable cast as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" as he looks just like him in the book character's appearance by Margaret Mitchell. But that's a different story...<br /><br />Emery Hawkins' animation at the end hasn't got his distinctive style that you'll find later on in the 1940s but I suppose he was just a junior animator at the time. Ken Muse is also there who did solid, on-model animation on "Tom and Jerry" - he might have been an assistant on there given some animation but I'm not sure.<br /><br />Bob Stokes' animation of the skater is very solid in my opinion and my personal favourite of the short. Of course; who couldn't forget Ward Kimball; who animates good, loose movement.<br /><br />Jack King in my opinion, was probably the best Donald Duck director the studio had; and I'm not too mad on Donald either; but he's WAY better than Mickey (who I find rather bland - in my humble opinion).Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.com