Encyclopedia - Betty Boop: Encyclopedia - Betty Boop
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer and rele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betty Boop: Encyclopedia Ii - Betty Boop - Betty As Sex Symbol
Betty's development was still incomplete, however. Max Fleischer's brother, Dave, further altered the character, making her sexier and mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betty Boop: Encyclopedia Ii - Betty Boop - Early Years
Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon serie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Helen Kane: Encyclopedia Ii - Helen Kane - Success
Helen Kane - Music. Helen Kane's first performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square proved to be her defining moment and career...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sex Symbols: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sex Symbols - Female
List of sex symbols - Groups. ATC The Bangles Destiny's Child Dixie Chicks The Donnas The Go Go's Klymaxx Lillix Spice Girls t.A.T.u.�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rotoscope: Encyclopedia Ii - Rotoscope - History
The technique was invented by Max Fleischer, who used it in his series "Out of the Inkwell" starting around 1914, with his brother Dave F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popeye: Encyclopedia Ii - Popeye - The Sailor In The Media
Popeye - Theatrical cartoons. Thimble Theatre was adapted into an animated cartoon series originally produced for Paramount Pictures b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1998 In Music
See also: 1997 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1998 in music - Events. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia - 1930
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. 1930 - Events. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 8: Encyclopedia - August 8
August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. August 8 - Events. 150...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annette Hanshaw: Encyclopedia - Annette Hanshaw
Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was on of the first great female jazz singers. In the late 1920's she ranked among Et...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cab Calloway: Encyclopedia - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cab Calloway: Encyclopedia - Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907–November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia - Anime
Anime - History. The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy Film: Encyclopedia - Comedy Film
A comedy film is a film laced with humor or that may seek to provoke laughter from the audience. Along with drama, horror and science fic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Encyclopedia - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 motion picture produced by Disney subsidiary Touchstone and Amblin Entertainment, that combines animati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 In Music: Encyclopedia - 1998 In Music
See also: 1997 in music, other events of 1998, 1999 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1998 in music - Events. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1932 In Film: Encyclopedia - 1932 In Film
1932 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: Grand Hotel - MGM Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 In Film: Encyclopedia - 1998 In Film
This is a list of film-related events in 1998. 1997 in film 1998 in film 1999 in film 1997 in home video 1998 in home video 1999 in ho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simulacrum: Encyclopedia - Simulacrum
Simulacrum (plural: simulacra), from the Latin simulare, "to make like, to put on an appearance of", originally meaning a material object...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comedy Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Comedy Film - History
The very first movies to be produced was Thomas Edison's kinetoscope of his assistant Fred Ott in Record of a Sneeze. This could also be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multiplane Camera: Encyclopedia Ii - Multiplane Camera - History
The first multiplane camera, using four layers of flat artwork before a horizontal camera, was invented by former Walt Disney Studios ani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Encyclopedia Ii - Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Plot
The movie opens with a Baby Herman short subject. This introduces the film's title character, who plays the supporting comic foil to infa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Simulacrum: Encyclopedia Ii - Simulacrum - Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature
Another usage, so far specific to Fantasy and Science Fiction is the android that is specifically intended to impersonate another creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Betty Boo: Encyclopedia Ii - Betty Boo - Discography
Betty Boo - Albums. Boomania GRRR! It's Betty Boo Doin' the Do: the Best of Betty Boo Betty Boo - Singles. "Where Are You Baby" "L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1939 In Film: Encyclopedia Ii - 1939 In Film - Events
Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as "the greatest year in film history." Hollywood was at the height of i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adult Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Adult Animation - Some Adult Animation Titles
Adult animation - Television. Adult animation - Movies. ... See also:Adult animation, Adult animation - Some Adult Animation Titles...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Career
Marilyn Monroe - Early years. While her husband was away fighting in World War II, the young Mrs. Norma Jeane Dougherty began work in a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - Early Years
Vladimir Peter Tytla was born on October 25, 1904 in Yonkers, New York, USA. His Ukrainian immigrant parents reportedly recognized talent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist and is characterized by stark, colorful graphics and st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melissa Fahn: Encyclopedia Ii - Melissa Fahn - Biography
Melissa Fahn grew up in Southern California. Her father worked in television production, giving her and her three older brothers performa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drawn Together: Encyclopedia Ii - Drawn Together - Dvd Release
The first season of Drawn Together was released on DVD on October 4, 2005. Its release was timed to coincide with the premiere of Season ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998 In Music: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 In Music - Awards
1998 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1998 1998 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1998 in music - Eurovision ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Gag Cameo
A character appears only briefly in another setting, mainly for joke purposes. Belle from Beauty and the Beast crosses the street in The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snow White: Encyclopedia Ii - Snow White - Story
In the traditional Brothers Grimm version of this tale, Snow White is born to a queen, who dies shortly after giving birth. The king take...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flip The Frog: Encyclopedia Ii - Flip The Frog - History
Flip's origins are said to have been rooted in the Silly Symphony cartoon, Night. The short was animated by Ub Iwerks while working for h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Setting
The setting is first and foremost a backdrop for humor, and the show is not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - The Early Years
The motion picture industry had been shaken to its roots with the introduction of sound film in 1927, and two years later a similar revol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Events
1930 - January-February. January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Introduction
Crossovers of multiple characters owned by one company or published by one publisher, have been used to set an established continuity, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist. Anime also features a large number of genres as well--...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Setting
The setting is first and foremost a backdrop for humor, and the show is not above committing continuity errors if they serve to further t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Features Syndicate: Encyclopedia Ii - King Features Syndicate - Columnists
The following is a partial list of King Features columnists: King Features Syndicate - Commentary. Walter Cronkite (2003-2004) Stanley...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Talkartoons: Encyclopedia Ii - Talkartoons - Filmography
1929: Noah's Lark Accordion Joe 1930: Marriage Wows Radio Riot Hot Dog Fire Bugs Wise Flies Dizzy Dishes Barnacle Bill Swing You Sinn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Although she would eventually become one of the most celebrated actors in film history, Monroe's beginnings were humble. She was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Characters And Plot
Futurama centers around seven main characters who work for Planet Express, as well as several secondary characters. Futurama - Character...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Post-production Presence
Futurama - Syndicated broadcasts. Futurama now appears in syndication on the Cartoon Network and the TBS Superstation in the US, Sky On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Season Details And References
Note: There were four production seasons, but the FOX network broadcast most episodes out of order, and split them into five seasons. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Credits Gags
Futurama - Opening credits. At the start of each episode, just as the "Futurama" logo appears on the screen, a caption appears on the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Production
Futurama takes its name from a General Motors exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair which depicted future technologies. Also demonstr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - Sound In Animation
While much of the magic of the Golden Era was due to the visual artistry of the cartoons, an equal part was played by the vocal talents a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flip The Frog: Encyclopedia Ii - Flip The Frog - Filmography
Flip the Frog - 1930. 1 Filmed in two-strip Technicolor Flip the Frog - 1931. Flip the Frog - 1932. Flip the Frog - 1933. ... S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - The 1950s 1960s And The End Of The Golden Age
However, all of this activity among the major studios caused them to turn a blind eye to still another development taking place. A former...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popeye: Encyclopedia Ii - Popeye - Spinach
The reference to spinach comes from the publication of a study which, because of a misprint, attributed to spinach ten times its actual i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popeye: Encyclopedia Ii - Popeye - Marketing And Tie-ins
Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits, a U.S. fast food restaurant chain, is not named after Popeye the sailor, but rather after the character "Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snow White: Encyclopedia Ii - Snow White - Other Versions
The story in Russian writer Alexander Pushkin's 1833 poem The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights is similar to that of Snow ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - Partial List Of Noteworthy Shorts From The Golden Age Of Animation
The Golden Age of American animation - Walt Disney Productions. Steamboat Willie (1928), Walt Disney Plane Crazy (1928), Walt Disney T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popeye: Encyclopedia Ii - Popeye - Artists After Segar
After Segar's death in 1938, many different artists were hired to draw the strip, the most notable being Bud Sagendorf beginning in 1958....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Death And Aftermath
Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood, California home by her live-in housekeeper Mrs. Eunice Murray. She was thirty-six....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - The Wartime Era
After the success of Snow White, Disney invested heavily into three additional animated feature films, all of which have been widely accl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Age Of American Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Age Of American Animation - Stop Motion And Special Effects
For a great part of the history of Hollywood animation, the production of animated films was an exclusive industry that did not branch of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Popeye: Encyclopedia Ii - Popeye - The Comic Strip
Popeye first appeared on January 17, 1929 as a minor character in Segar's newspaper cartoon strip Thimble Theatre, which had been running...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Marriages
Marilyn Monroe - James Dougherty. Aged sixteen, Monroe married James Dougherty on June 19, 1942. In his books The Secret Happiness of M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
Main article: History of anime The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Post-production Presence
Futurama - Syndicated broadcasts. Futurama now appears in syndication on the Cartoon Network and the TBS Superstation in the US, Sky On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Production
Futurama takes its name from a General Motors exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair which depicted future technologies. Also demonstr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Credits Gags
Futurama - Opening credits. At the start of each episode, just as the "Futurama" logo appears on the screen, a caption appears on the b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Sex Symbols: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Sex Symbols - Male
List of sex symbols - Groups. The Backstreet Boys The "Baldwin brothers": Alec, Daniel, Stephen, and William Red Hot Chili Peppers L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Encyclopedia Ii - Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Critical Reaction
Although test screenings proved disastrous, Roger Rabbit opened to generally positive reviews on June 21, 1988. Both Gene Siskel and Roge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futurama: Encyclopedia Ii - Futurama - Characters And Plot
Futurama centers around seven main characters who work for Planet Express, as well as several secondary characters. Futurama - Character...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1930: Encyclopedia Ii - 1930 - Births
1930 - January-February. January 2 - Julius LaRosa, American singer January 20 - Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut January 23 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Terminology
The Japanese term for animation is アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced: /ɑnimɛːʃɔn/), written in katakana. It is a direct ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Encyclopedia Ii - Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Significance
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is seen as a landmark film that sparked the most recent era in American animation. The field had become lackluste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rotoscope: Encyclopedia Ii - Rotoscope - Technique
Rotoscoping is decried by some animation purists, but has often been used to good effect. When used as an animator's reference tool, it c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - Work At Terrytoons And Famous Studios
After leaving the Disney studio Tytla returned to Terrytoons for a short while. There he was assigned as a film director for the short Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - The Strike
While Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was hugely successful the following films had a hard time making money due to the war in Europe cut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - Work At Tempo Productions
Tytla left Famous Studio during the early 1950s to work for Tempo Productions. Tempo was founded in 1946 as a partnership between David H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drawn Together: Encyclopedia Ii - Drawn Together - Previously On Drawn Together
An aborted first season feature of the show was the "last week" segments showing possible outcomes of other episodes. This was a parody o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Gag Cameo
A character appears only briefly in another setting, mainly for joke purposes. Belle from Beauty and the Beast crosses the street in The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - Continued Disney Career
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was eventually completed and released on December 21, 1937. Tytla was next assigned to animate Stromboli,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Tytla: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Tytla - Back In America
Tytla returned to the United States with the attitude that he could become a great master of animation by incorporating his rich knowledg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Terminology
The Japanese term for animation is アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced: /ɑnimɛːʃɔn/), written in katakana. It is a direct ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictional Crossover: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictional Crossover - Crossover Fan Made
A vast amount of fan fiction and fan art feature characters from multiple stories or settings crossing over with one another. Almost any ...   » Read the article