A List of Fifties Animation Books and DVDs
Just for fun, I made this list on Amazon of Fifties animation-related books and dvds. If you enjoy this period of animation, then you might find a few items on the list worth adding to your collection. It frustrates me how little is available about Fifties animation design, but hopefully that’ll change over the coming years.
The URI to TrackBack this entry is: http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/02/a-list-of-fifties-animation-books-and-dvds/trackback/
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
CARTOON MODERN PRESS
Read what people are saying about the book!
CARTOON MODERN EVENTS
Find out where I'll be doing screenings, lectures and signings.
You can order the book online at Chronicle Books, Amazon (US), Barnes & Noble or Powells. It's also available at chain bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders.
The book can also be purchased at:
Amazon (Canada)
Amazon (UK)
Amazon (Japan)
Amazon (France)
Amazon (Germany)
NOTE: Comments are moderated, and if it is your first time posting, your comment will not immediately appear on the site. Please be patient.
I was hoping for a source in book form or DVD about Tom Oreb, Maurice Noble and Hawley Pratt. well Scott’s book covers Maurice Noble but it’d more of a treat if there’s a book devoted to these artists like what John Canemaker did on Mary Blair or Eyvind Earle’s book..seems to me that the cartoon shorts which they have worked on is the only direct source left..well i might be wrong but still your list is indeed about 50’s animation..by the way i’m eagerly anticipating your book Cartoon Modern..though quite expensive in my area but what the hell i really don’t care!! i hope you’ll publish more books about the 50’s animation. More power to you and this wonderful blog.
Comment by lloyd — August 2, 2006 @ 5:58 am
Wow, thanks!
Comment by javierolivares — August 2, 2006 @ 7:15 am
Hey Amid, thanks for the answer! Can’t wait to see it! In the meantime I thought I’d share a couple classic UPA toons I found on YouTube including Rooty Toot Toot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8vBVBfEQ2Y
and Gerald McBoing Boing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsyQDmEopw
Thanks again!
- Cale
Comment by Cale Atkinson — August 3, 2006 @ 12:09 am
Lloyd: It would be awesome to see full-length biographical studies on artists like Oreb and Noble, as well as others like John Hubley, Bobe Cannon, Ed Benedict, Ted Parmelee, Walt Peregoy, etc. I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon, but Cartoon Modern is at least a start. I hope it’ll inspire others to pursue more studies of these artists and the era in general.
Javier: Glad you found the list useful.
Cale: Thanks for those UPA cartoons. It’s nice to see at least a few of them are on-line.
Comment by Amid — August 3, 2006 @ 3:36 am
Amid:I hope i’ll live to see that day! Your blog is indeed a start i always look forward to check out Cartoon Modern everytime i go online. I think this is the only site (as far as i know, and besides cartoonbrew)that is totally dedicated to 50’s animation history. Please keep up the incredibly nice work!!
Cale: I have a converted copy of Rooty Toot Toot to mpeg from youtube but its not so good, at least now they have a new improved version thnks for the tip!!
Comment by lloyd — August 3, 2006 @ 5:59 pm
Los felicito por su pagina te recomiendo el blog “animacion argentina” donde se encuentra en produccion un largometraje documental sin precedentes se comenta en nuestro pais q estas personas encontraron animaciones de Cristiani
Comment by federico Urtizbera — August 30, 2006 @ 1:17 pm