Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195037593)

In Hollywood Cartoons, Michael Barrier takes us on a glorious guided tour of American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, to meet the legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many other cartoon favorites.
Beginning with black-and-white silent cartoons, Barrier offers an insightful account, taking us inside early New York studios and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Barrier excels at illuminating the creative side of animation--revealing how stories are put together, how animators develop a character, how technical innovations enhance the "realism" of cartoons. Here too are colorful portraits of the giants of the field, from Walt and Roy Disney and their animators, to Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.
Based on hundreds of interviews with veteran animators, Hollywood Cartoons gives us the definitive inside look at this colorful era and at the creative process behind these marvelous cartoons.


Author: Michael Barrier
ISBN-10: 0195037596
ISBN-13: 9780195037593
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 04/08/1999
Pages: 672
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.28lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.45w x 2.05d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/29/1999 pg. 82
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/1999 pg. 500
Booklist 04/15/1999 pg. 1498
New York Times 08/01/1999 pg. 15
Library Journal 04/15/1999