Jules Engel - The Alvin Show (1961)
Following up on the post about Engel’s background keys for 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS, Steve Worth at ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Archive has posted a nice collection of Jules Engel color keys from THE ALVIN SHOW (1961). There’s also an Engel color key from the ALVIN SHOW printed in my book. The caption for that image would be appropriate to reprint here:
Animation modernists like Engel attempted to maintain the spirit of 1950s design in the early years of TV series animation, but by the mid-1960s, meager budgets and harried production schedules had wiped out most opportunities for thoughtful design in TV animation.
And just for fun, here’s a pic of Jules Engel at Format Films around the time he was working on the ALVIN SHOW. From left to right: studio founder Herb Klynn, unidentified, Jules Engel, Ed Friedman (standing in the back), and Herb Klynn’s brother (whose name I don’t know):
Look at Jules! The only man in animation who looked exactly the same for 70 years! I miss him. That’s a great photograph.
Comment by Jenny — August 29, 2006 @ 2:31 pm