Monday, October 31, 2005

October 31, 1944


October 31, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, October 30, 2005

October 30, 1944


October 30, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

October 29, 1944


October 29, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Most likely the museum referred to here is the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park.

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The creature may have been part of the bird hall exhibit on the second floor. Maybe he's the bony guy on the right.

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And, to bring this all back to the topic of animation, the museum also has an early Disney camera stand on display.

Friday, October 28, 2005

October 28, 1944

October 28, 1944
October 28, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

"Puttin' On the Dog" released on this date.

Thursday, October 27, 2005

October 27, 1944


October 27, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.



An Irv Spence model sheet for "Hound Hunters," ("What Price Fleadom" was the working title) featuring "those bears."


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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

October 26, 1944


October 26, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

October 25, 1944


October 25, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Gus Arriola started his brief animation career as an inbetweener at the Charles Mintz studio. He moved over to MGM in 1937, where he became an assistant animator and, finally, a story sketch artist, primarily in Rudy Ising's unit.

Arriola left MGM in 1941 after selling his comic strip Gordoto United Features. He was drafted in 1942 and found himself back with Ising in the First Motion Picture Unit at Fort Roach. Gordo went on hiatus on October 28, 1942 ("Remember that the only one to blame for unpleasant changes these days ees that dorty jork - Heetler!!) and returned as a Sunday half-page in May of '43. The daily strip returned in 1946 and ran until 1985. According to the World Encyclopedia of Comics, Gordo "became one of the most widely published and read strips in the country."

An interview with Arriola from Hogan's Alley can be found here.

Below are some of Arriola's model sheets of the bad guy from Hugh Harman's The Lonesome Stranger, followed by some early sketches of Gordo that used the bad guy as a point of departure. These drawings are from the book Accidental Ambassador Gordo by Robert C. Harvey and Gus Arriola. Go buy it.

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Monday, October 24, 2005

October 24, 1944


October 24, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, October 23, 2005

October 23, 1944


October 23, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, October 22, 2005

October 22, 1944


October 22, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, October 21, 2005

October 21, 1944


October 21, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

October 20, 1944


October 20, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

October 19, 1944


October 19, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

October 18, 1944


October 18, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, October 17, 2005

October 17, 1944


October 17, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, October 16, 2005

October 16, 1944


October 16, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

October 15, 1944


October 15, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, October 14, 2005

October 14, 1944


October 14, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

October 13, 1944


October 13, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

October 12, 1944


October 12, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

October 11, 1944


October 11, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, October 10, 2005

October 10, 1944


October 10, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, October 09, 2005

October 9, 1944


October 9, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

October 8, 1944


October 8, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, October 07, 2005

October 7, 1944


October 7, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in the '30s.
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USC and the Coliseum. Photo is undated, but seems to be from the '20s or '30s.
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The game was USC vs. Berkeley, and ended in a tie.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

October 6, 1944


October 6, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

October 5, 1944


October 5, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

An undated photo, apparently taken by Carmen Maxwell and pilfered from Bill Hanna's book, of the MGM cartoon studio.

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The studio was located at the northeast corner of MGM's Lot 2, at Overland and Montana Avenues.

cartoon studio The building is long gone, as is Montana Ave. for that matter (it's now called Palm Court Way.) Lot 2 is now the location of the Culver City Senior Center and a housing development with streets named after some MGM stars. See it from space here.

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

October 4, 1944


October 4, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, October 03, 2005

October 3, 1944


October 3, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, October 02, 2005

October 2, 1944


October 2, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

October 1, 1944


October 1, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.