The early 50s saw Scott Bradley increasingly writing his own scores, and not incorporating MGM's own published songs.
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A Musical Up-Roar: 1952
Fewer cartoons, but lots of discography today, as trends continued at MGM favoring original scores over Tin Pan Alley.
A Musical Up-Roar 1954-57
Fred Quimby departed from the reins, and Hanna and Barbera were forced to take over production on much tighter budgets.
A Musical Up-Roar 1947-49
MGM’s cartoon unit was humming during this period - including continuing to use tunes from various MGM musicals.
A Musical Up-Roar 1944-46
If an exhibitor who had been running MGM cartoons in 1935 did a Rip Van Winkle and awakened in 1945, he would have seen quire a difference in…
A Musical Up-Roar 1941-43
The musical highlights in the 1942-43 season of MGM cartoons.
A Musical Up-Roar 1953/54
The MGM cartoon division’s response to television was mostly derisive. Scott Bradley was now more willing to mine the classics - via the public domain.
A Musical Up-Roar: 1945-47
During the period covered by these cartoons, the Second World War came to an end.
A Musical Up-Roar 1943-44
At MGM - Tex Avery settled into place, Tom and Jerry’s were rounding out nicely, and Barney Bar provided gentler laughs.
A Musical Up-Roar: The Last Years
After MGM closed their home grown animation department, they chose Gene Deitch, and later Chuck Jones, to keep Tom & Jerry alive on the big screen.
DBS's Insane Musical Glow Up
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Droopy Shorts, 1943-1949
MGM’s animation department, founded in 1937, produced animated works until its closure in 1958 – the popular characters Tom and Jerry debuted through MGM in 1940, and three…
Dr. Suess UPA spots (1949)
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Inu-Oh: A Japanese History Musical
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Musical Clue
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A Hometown in Heart (마음의 고향, Yoon Yong-Kyu, 1949)
A lonely boy longing for his mother bonds with a grieving widow in Yoon Yong-Kyu’s tale of oppressive religiosity and the necessity of love
The Invisible Man Appears (1949) review
“Adachi’s mystery sci-fi film remains, after all these years, a highly entertaining narrative.”
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The gallery and download files for the pamphlet of the 1997 summer special Sailor Moon musical, Eien Densetsu, have been removed.
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Getter Robo 51
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Attacker You! 51
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Chained Soldier (Episode 4) – Whirlwind, Himari, Roar
Since the appearance of the humanoid Shuuki, the Demon Defense Force has been ordered to work more collaboratively. Unfortunately for Himari, her sister is in the group they’ve…
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THE GREAT ACROBUNCH REWATCH 9 – Roar, GRIFFIN
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A rookie policeman chases an echo of himself through the backstreets of post-war Japan while looking for his missing gun in Akira Kurosawa’s sweltering noir.
A Bullet Hole Underground (地下街の弾痕, Kazuo Mori, 1949)
A lovelorn policeman finds himself investigating the murder of an old flame’s husband in Kazuo Mori’s procedural drama.
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Columbia’s Musical “Gems” (Part 1)
Love him or hate him: Charles Mintz put out a great deal of product, most of which seems to have satisfied movie patrons of the time.
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The Mintz studio began closely paralleling the efforts of Walt Disney, and embellishing the motion of both Scrappy and Krazy Kat.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1930-32
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More from the same season as last time, but an increasing tendency to compose new pieces exclusively for use within the cartoons.
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Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1932-34
The cartoon department didn’t have any stellar successes, but were producing a consistent line of cartoons that pleased exhibitors and audiences alike.
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Digimon Adventure: (2020) Episode 51
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