In A Cartoon Studio

1419. IN A CARTOON STUDIO (1931-1934-USA). THE, VAN BUEREN STUDIO, WHICH PRODUCED DOZENS Of
CARTOONS DURING THE EARLY 1930S CAME OUT WITH SOME FASCINATING FILMS AND DEVELOPED SEVERAL MAJOR ANIMATORS. THIS CARTOON HOUSE EVOLVED FROM PAUL TERRY’S AESOP’S FABLES SLUDIO. AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1928 BY AMADEE J. VAN BUEREN. HE AND HIS STAFF CONTINUED PRODUCING TERRY’S AESOP’S FABLES SERIES, AND ALSO DEVELOPED SEVERAL CARTOON CHARACTERS Of THEIR OWN. HERE IS A GENEROUS SAMPLING Of SOME RARELY SEEN VAN BUEREN EFFORTS.
1. IN A CARTOON STUDIO (MAKING ‘EM MOVE) (1931). A SASSY CAT VISITS A CARTOON STUDIO, AND LEARNS THE MYSTERIES Of ANIMATION. THESE LESSONS SHOULD NOT TO TAKEN TOO LITERALLY: THERE’S A WALKING CAMERA HERE, AS WELL AS A MOUSE WHO DOUBLES AS A PENCIL SHARPENER AND OTHER SURPRISES.
2. CINDERELLA BLUES (1931). A FUNNY RETELLING Of THE CINDERELLA STORY, WITH OUR HEROINE DEPICTED AS A MUCH-PUT-UPON CAT. THERE’S A MEAN STEP-MOTHER, A KINDLY FAIRY GODMOTHER, AND A HANDSOME PRINCE. AS THE HOUR NEARS MIDNIGHT, A TALKING CLOCK REMINDS HER, “ONE MINUTE TO GO, KID!”
3. REDSKIN BLUES (1932). TOM AND JERRY (NOT THE MORE FAMOUS CAT AND MOUSE DUO) WERE THE FIRST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS DEVELOPED BY THE STUDIO. THEY’RE A MULT AND |EFF-ISH PAIR: ONE IS TALL AND SKINNY, THE OTHER SHORT AND PLUMP, IN THIS INVENTIVE SHORT, THEY FIND THEMSELVES OUT WEST, COMICALLY BATTLING SOME MARAUDING INDIANS.
4. THE BALL GAME (1932). THE BIG BUGS TAKE ON THE LITTLE BUGS IN A ROCK ‘EM, SOCK ‘EM BASEBALL CONTEST, THAT MAKES A ZANY MOCKERY Of OUR NATIONAL PASTIME.
5. GALLOPING HOOfS (GALLOPING FANNY) (1933). ANOTHER VAN BUEREN CREATION WAS CUBBY BEAR, ONE Of THE MANY MICKEY MOUSE CLONES Of THE PERIOD. HERE, CUBBY IS CAST AS A JOCKEY, AND HIS PROBLEMS ONLY BEGIN WHEN HIS STEED ELOPES WITH THE ICE MAN’S HORSE.
6. GAY GAUCHO (1933). CUBBY IS AGAIN FEATURED, AS A FRIENDLY GAUCHO WHO APES VALENTINO WHILE ROMANCING A PRETTY SENORITA. SHE’S DESIRED BY A TOUGH VARMINT NAMED PEDROÑWHO’S AT LEAST FOUR TIMES CUBBY’S SIZE.
7. HAPPY HOBOES (1933). IN TRUE DEPRESSION STYLE, TOM AND JERRY APPEAR AS A PAIR Of BUMS WHO MUST USE THEIR INGENUITY TO FIND FOOD AND SHELTER.
8. 1NDIAN WHOOPEE (1933). CUBBY READS ABOUT CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS, VISITS SLUMBERLAND, AND DREAMS Of HIMSELF AS A PILGRIM SETTLER-WHO PROVES HIMSELF HUMOROUSLY ILL-EQUIPPED FOR SURVIVAL WITHOUT THE COMÂFORTS Of MODEM LIFE.
9. BROWNIE’S VICTORY GARDEN (HOW’S CROPS) (1934). CUBBY RISES AND SHINES WITH THE DAWN, AND LEARNS THAT A STRANGE MENACE IS ATTACKING FARMS AND DESTROYING CROPS. HE USES HIS INGENUITY TO UNCOVER THE MYSÂTERY. BEANS, PEAS, WORMS AND OTHER ASSORTED OBJECTS TAKE ON LIVES AND PERSONALITIES Of THEIR OWN IN THIS CLEVER COMEDY. 60 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS