Wednesday, August 31, 2005

August 31, 1944


August 31, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

August 30, 1944


August 30, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, August 29, 2005

August 29, 1944


August 29, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.




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OP2


A history of the Ocean Park Pier can be found here. There's also a map with links to pictures of the pier's attractions.



The photo below is of the Ocean Park pier fire of 1912.

1912 fire

Sunday, August 28, 2005

August 28, 1944


August 28, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

The Tom and Jerry cartoon "Puttin' On the Dog" released on this date.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

August 27, 1944


August 27, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, August 26, 2005

August 26, 1944


August 26, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

August 25, 1944


August 25, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

August 24, 1944


August 24, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

August 23, 1944


August 23, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

The town, in the 1940's.

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Monday, August 22, 2005

August 22, 1944


August 22, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

August 21, 1944


August 21, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, August 20, 2005

August 20, 1944


August 20, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

A view of Big Bear Lake in the 1940s.

BBL1

Friday, August 19, 2005

August 19, 1944


August 19, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

A not-so-brief history of Big Bear Lake can be found here.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

August 18, 1944


August 18, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

For more about "Rats", see this previous post from back in June.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

August 17, 1944


August 17, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

August 16, 1944


August 16, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, August 15, 2005

August 15, 1944


August 15, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Jack Carr was an animator at Walter Lantz and at Schlesinger's in the '30's (where he also provided the voice for Buddy.) He has a fairly large filmography as a character actor and bit player ("Husky Man at Mincemeat Contest".)

Sunday, August 14, 2005

August 14, 1944


August 14, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

August 13, 1944


August 13, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

From the Los Angeles Times, August 15, 1944:

fox hills

Friday, August 12, 2005

August 12, 1944


August 12, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

August 11, 1944


August 11, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

August 10, 1944


August 10, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

The Hitching Post was a movie theater, located on Hollywood Blvd. just east of Vine, that just showed westerns.

Hitching Post

Going by the faded sign in the drawing, it looks like that day's double bill was The Yellow Rose of Texas and possibly either Texas Terrors or Texas Terror.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

August 9, 1944


August 9, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, August 08, 2005

August 8, 1944


August 8, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

August 7, 1944


August 7, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, August 06, 2005

August 6, 1944


August 6, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, August 05, 2005

August 5, 1944


August 5, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

August 4, 1944


August 4, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

August 3, 1944


August 3, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.


A few of the many roles played by Keye Luke:


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keyluke





Brak

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

August 2, 1944


August 2, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, August 01, 2005

August 1, 1944

August 1, 1944

Thanks to Tom Sito for contributing the following information on Pepe Ruiz:

Pepe

Yes, Pepe Ruiz was an important figure in NY animation. The Cuban born Ruiz 1914-1993, was an assistant animator at MGM in LA and he helped organize the successful union drive there in 1941. After 1943 he moved to NY when Guild President Eric Larson sent him to help the Famous Studios animators form a new local after returning from the Fleischers Miami sojourn. The union that had fought the FLeischer Strike in 1937 the CADU, had mostly broken up after the Fleischers moved their operations down south. Pepe was business agent during the bitter Terrytoons Strike of 1947, In 1952 when he saw how the Hollywood Guilds were being beaten up by the Hollywood Blacklist and a new set of hearings were set for New York, he merged his guiild into the umbrella IATSE, setting it up as MPSC 841. Pepe stayed the Business Agent of 841 until his retirement in 1968. In 1993 he was struck and killed by a car driven by R&B singer Wilson PIckett, who was DUI. Shamus had his own studio in 1948 and he regarded Pepe as a thorn in his side, so his diatribe in his memoirs.[*] He told me later he felt a little bad he was so hard on Pepe.


* Shamus Culhane's autobiography Talking Animals and Other People.