The Library of Congress National Film Registry invited me to write about the George Pal Puppetoon Tulips Shall Grow. It is one of the most dramatic of Pal's animated films and the first American animated cartoon to be explicitly anti-Nazi. The historical circumstances behind its creation include Pal's history as well as Hollywood's dealings with the German market in the 1930s.
If you're unfamiliar with the film, you can watch it below.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
George Pal Puppet Animation Online
Europa Film Treasures, an online archive of films, has a section devoted to animation. The highlights of that section, by far, are two films produced by George Pal: The Philips Broadcast of 1938 and the Puppetoon Tulips Shall Grow (pictured above). Both are from excellent colour prints and include the original titles.The other animated films there are more historical curiosities than satisfying entertainments. However, for John Ford fans, the site does include a rare Ford feature done at Universal starring Harry Carey, Bucking Broadway from 1917, Ford's first year as a director. Very few of Ford's Universal films survive, and this one is a well-preserved print.
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