{"product_id":"hollywood-cartoons-michael-barrier-9780195037593","title":"Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Based on hundreds of interviews with veteran animators, \u003cem\u003eHollywood Cartoons\u003c\/em\u003e gives us the definitive inside look at this colorful era and at the creative process behind these marvelous cartoons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Barrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195037596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195037593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.45w x 2.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/1999 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1999 pg. 500\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1999 pg. 1498\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1999 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1999","brand":"Michael Barrier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44809604595967,"sku":"9780195037593","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24e8be3a-96e3-495d-91f2-3ca9de4a5ec6.jpg?v=1707926962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hollywood-cartoons-michael-barrier-9780195037593","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}