Saturday, January 06, 2007
Filmography: The Temperamental Lion 1940
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 7 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great cartoons to study.
Today, we digitized some great Terrytoons model sheets that Carlo Vinci's family loaned to us...
This one is particularly interesting to me...
...because it's from one of the very best Terrytoons of the time, "The Temperamental Lion". Connie Rasinski created the goofy Bert Lahr lion character as the "King of the Jungle" for the classic cartoon "Doomsday" (1938) as well as "The Nutty Network" (1939). The model was adapted a bit in the late 1940s for "The Lyin' Lion", a film that includes some funny Jim Tyer animation...
...but the character was never better animated than he was by Carlo Vinci in this short... Check out his great scene of the lion singing!
The Temperamental Lion (Terry/1940)
(Quicktime 7 / 14.5 megs)
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Many thanks to the Vinci family for sharing their treasures with us!
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
Labels: animation, animator, carlo vinci, cartoons, mighty mouse, paul terry, terrytoons
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7 Comments:
Poor temperamental Lion... I vaguely remember this cartoon. I sure remember mighty mouse, which is one of my favs of all times! I'm really learning to appreciate animation and how it has evolved over the years. Cartoons back then seemed to be so simple in its story line and make, even though there were complex elements dealing with social commentary, violence, etc. Just mind boggling...
Great post!
Big thanks to Carlo Vinci's family for letting the archive digitize these valuable model sheets!
Maaan, looking at those black and white drawings i can almost see them starting to move ! Great stuff !
oh, MAN!!!! I am SO glad you posted this one!!!! it was hilarious when i first saw it & now it can be hilarious for the next 100 viewings since i can watch it whenever i want on my COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS STEVE, this was a terrytoon the public DEFINITELY needed to see!
awesome awesome awesome awesome. i love the archive. i love the vinci family.I am gonna study these sheets as soon as i have a chance. THANKS STEVE!!!!!!:O)
Those model sheets are eye-candy of the first order! Thanks all 'round to the Vinci family & the archive. MWAH!
I love the modelsheets. There's a lot of life in those drawings that didn't make it to the screen often.
As for that cartoon... well... I'll just say my all-time favorite Bert Lehr caricature is 'Wolfie' in the Famous Studios cartoons. "N'yahng, n'yahng, n'yahng!"
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