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Out of the inkwell : Max Fleischer and the animation revolution

Max Fleischer (1883-1972) was for years considered Walt Disney's only real rival in the world of cartoon animation. The man behind the creation of such legendary characters as Betty Boop and the animation of Popeye the Sailor and Superman, Fleischer asserted himself as a major player in the development of Hollywood entertainment. Out of the Inkwell: Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution is a vivid portrait of the life and world of a man who shaped the look of cartoon animation. While deeply engaged with his characters, Fleischer also sought ways to improve his art through technical innova
eBook, English, ©2005
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, ©2005
Biographies
1 online resource (xii, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
9780813172095, 9780813137117, 9781283233040, 9786613233042, 0813172098, 081313711X, 1283233045, 6613233048
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They say that it's difficult being a famous man's son ..
Two years after joining the Brooklyn daily eagle ..
If ever a job was tailor-made for anyone ..
Brimming with pride and high hopes, Max ..
Late in 1920, the Bray organization ..
There were three movie "palaces" in midtown ..
Taking a page from his former employer ..
The addition of sound to the Fleischer cartoons ..
Clearly, Max was riding the crest of a wave ..
The fortunes of the Fleischer family ..
Several times during the writing of these pages ..
Although this book is primarily about Max ..
Fleischer studios prospered ..
Because of Max and Dave's personalities ..
Max was a dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker ..
Work at the New York studio continued ..
Paramount insisted on a Christmas release date ..
The studio's move from New York to Miami ..
Max opened the contract, read the first paragraph ..
After the initial shock of the Paramount takeover ..
Almost before the news of the studio's sudden ..
It seems that Max's aim in life was to be ..
Leonard Miltonberg ran a company in ..
He wrote myriad and lengthy memos ..
The lawsuit against Paramount et al. ..
The whole thing was incomprehensible to me ..
The article concerned a new copyright law ..
The year 1972 turned out to be ..
Includes index
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English