John Hubley

Hubley was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. In 1935, he got a job as a background and layout artist at Disney, where he worked on such classic films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Bambi, as well as "The Rite of Spring" segment from Fantasia. He left the company during the 1941 animator's strike, and found work directing films for Screen Gems and the Army's First Motion Picture Unit until he founded United Productions of America. UPA soon became famous for their highl ...

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John Hubley, John Hubley - Biography, John Hubley - Filmography, John Hubley - Screen Gems, John Hubley - UPA, John Hubley - Storyboard Studios, John Hubley - National Film Board of Canada

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Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr (August 25, 1913 - October 18, 1973), known as Walt Kelly, was a cartoonist notable for his comic strip Pogo featuring characters that inhabited a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While still a child, his family moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut where his father worked in a munitions plant. After graduating from Warren Harding High School in 1930, Kelly worked a few odd jobs until landing a position as a crime reporter on the Bridgep ...

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The comic strip was a continuation of Bull Tales, which appeared in the Yale University student newspaper the Yale Daily News beginning September 1968. It focused on local campus events at Yale. The executive editor of the paper in the late 1960s, Reed Hundt, who later served as the chairman of the FCC, noted that the Daily News had a flexible policy about publishing cartoons: ...

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Doonesbury, Doonesbury - History, Doonesbury - Musical plot summary, Doonesbury - After the hiatus, Doonesbury - Characteristic style, Doonesbury - Major characters, Doonesbury - Other characters, Doonesbury - Milestones, Doonesbury - Criticism, Doonesbury - Trivia, Doonesbury - Published collections, Doonesbury - Notes

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Cartoons didn't used to be just for kids. Cartoons in the Golden Age, such as Red Hot Riding Hood, contained topical and often suggestive humor, though they were seen primarily as "children's entertainment" by movie exhibitors. This point of view prevailed when the new medium of television began showing cartoons in the late 1940s. One of the very first images to be broadcast over television was that of Felix the Cat. As TV became a phenomenon and began to draw audiences away from movie theaters, many children's TV shows include ...

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Animation in the United States in the television era, Animation in the United States in the television era - From the big screen to the small screen, Animation in the United States in the television era - The decline of animation, Animation in the United States in the television era - Commercialization and counterculture, Animation in the United States in the television era - Historic cartoons of the TV era

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The release of the VENONA transcripts and material from Eastern bloc intelligence archives after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, added more material for the discussion of what had been going on during the 1950s. The Soviet records show that the general contention that Communist spies had infiltrated the federal government was true. The American Communist Party (CPUSA) had senior members in the pay of the Soviet Union. Communist spies included Julius Rosenberg and Theodore Hall, who gave nuclear secrets to the Soviets, and Harry Dex ...

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McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Background, McCarthyism - Tensions of the times, McCarthyism - Origin of the term, McCarthyism - Alleged victims of McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Reactions, McCarthyism - Continuing controversy, McCarthyism - Critiques

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Name of award changed to Short Subjects (Animated Films) 1971 The Crunch Bird - Maxwell-Petok-Petrovich Prods., Regency Films - Ted Petok Evolution - National Film Board of Canada, Columbia - Michael Mills The Selfish Giant - Potterton Prods., Pyramid Films - Peter Sander and Murray Shostak 1972 A Christmas Carol American Broadcasting Company Film Services - Richard Williams Kama Sutra Rides Again - Lion International Films - Bob GodfreySee also:

Academy Award for Animated Short Film, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1930s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1940s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1950s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1960s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1970s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1980s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 1990s, Academy Award for Animated Short Film - 2000s

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United Productions of America - Origins. UPA was founded in the wake of the Disney animators' strike of 1941, which resulted in a number of long-time employees of Walt Disney leaving the venerable studio for greener pastures. One of the animators taking part in the Disney exodus was John Hubley, an artist who disagreed with the ultra-realistic style of animation that Disney had developed and championed. Along with a number of other animators, Hubley promoted the idea that animation did not have to be a painstakin ...

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United Productions of America, United Productions of America - History, United Productions of America - Origins, United Productions of America - Columbia Pictures and Success, United Productions of America - Decline, United Productions of America - Turning to Television, United Productions of America - Abandoning Animation and Toho Studios, United Productions of America - Theatrical Filmography

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The motion picture industry had been shaken to its roots with the introduction of sound film in 1927, and two years later a similar revolution took place in the field of animation. Walt Disney took what was seen as an enormous financial gamble, and he produced the first cartoon with a fully synchronized soundtrack: Steamboat Willie, featuring the third theatrical appearance of Mickey Mouse. The cartoon was a phenomenal box-office success, drawing in crowds and sparking a meteoric rise to f ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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Seuss's story had originally appeared on a children's record in the late 1940s, read by radio personality The Great Gildersleeve. This film was the first successful theatrical cartoon produced by United Productions of America (UPA), after their initial experiments with a short series of cartoons staring Columbia Pictures stalwarts The Fox and the Crow. It was meant to be an artistic attempt to break away from the ultra-realism in animation that had been developed and perfected by Walt Disney. While Disney's animation methods produced ...

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Gerald McBoing-Boing, Gerald McBoing-Boing - UPA film and sequels, Gerald McBoing-Boing - Print Adaptations, Gerald McBoing-Boing - TV series, Gerald McBoing-Boing - The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show 1956-1957, Gerald McBoing-Boing - Gerald McBoing-Boing 2005-present

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In June of 1947, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee sent a confidential report to Secretary of State George Marshall, in which they stated: It is evident that there is a deliberate calculated program being carried out not only to protect Communist personnel in high places, but to reduce security and intelligence protection to a nullity. . . . On file in the Department is a copy of a preliminary report of the FBI on Soviet espionage activities in the United States, which involves large numbers of State Department employees. . . this report has been challenged and ignored by those charged with the respons ...

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McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Background, McCarthyism - Tensions of the times, McCarthyism - Origin of the term, McCarthyism - Alleged victims of McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Soviet Archives, McCarthyism - Critique

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After the success of Snow White, Disney invested heavily into three additional animated feature films, all of which have been widely acclaimed as among the greatest animated productions of all time: Pinocchio, Bambi, and Fantasia. However, none of these films were box-office hits that came anywhere near the level of Snow White. Fantasia in particular was looked down upon by literary critics and audiences, who felt that Walt was striving for something beyond his reach by trying to introduce mainstream ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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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 and elaborate symphonic scores that went alongside the images. As motion pictures drew audiences away from their radio sets, it also drew the talented actors and vocal impressionists into film and animation. Mel Blanc gave voice to many of Warner Bros. most popular characters, including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Other voices and personalities from vaudeville and the rad ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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However, all of this activity among the major studios caused them to turn a blind eye to still another development taking place. A former Disney animator named John Hubley had left Walt's nest during the animator's strike, and he founded a newer, smaller animation studio in order to pursue his own vision: trying out newer, more abstract and experimental styles of animation. Hubley and his colleagues set out to form a new studio called United Productions of America or UPA. Artistically, UPA used a style of animation that has come to be known ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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The following is a complete listing of every UPA short released through Columbia Pictures from 1948 to 1959. 1948: Robin Hoodlum – Academy Award Nominee 1949: The Magic Fluke – Academy Award Nominee Ragtime Bear 1950: Punchy DeLeon Spellbound Hound The Miner's Daughter Giddyap Trouble Indemnity – Academy Award ...

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United Productions of America, United Productions of America - History, United Productions of America - Origins, United Productions of America - Columbia Pictures and Success, United Productions of America - Decline, United Productions of America - Turning to Television, United Productions of America - Abandoning Animation and Toho Studios, United Productions of America - Theatrical Filmography

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The Golden Age of American animation - Walt Disney Productions. Steamboat Willie (1928), Walt Disney Plane Crazy (1928), Walt Disney The Skeleton Dance (1929), Walt Disney Flowers and Trees (1932), Walt Disney Three Little Pigs, (1933), Walt Disney The Band Concert (1935), Wilfred Jackson The Old Mill (1936), Walt Disney Clock Cleaners (1937), Ben Sharpsteen Brave Little Tailor< ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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For a great part of the history of Hollywood animation, the production of animated films was an exclusive industry that did not branch off very often into other areas. The various animation studios worked almost exclusively on producing animated cartoons and animated titles for movies. Only occasionally was animation used for other aspects of the movie industry. The low-budget Superman serials of the 1940s used animated sequences of Superman flying and performing super-powered feats we ...

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The Golden Age of American animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The early years, The Golden Age of American animation - Sound in animation, The Golden Age of American animation - The wartime era, The Golden Age of American animation - Stop motion and special effects, The Golden Age of American animation - The 1950s 1960s and the end of the Golden Age, 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, The Golden Age of American animation - Warner Bros., The Golden Age of American animation - Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios, The Golden Age of American animation - MGM, The Golden Age of American animation - Walter Lantz, The Golden Age of American animation - Charles Mintz/Screen Gems Columbia, The Golden Age of American animation - UPA, The Golden Age of American animation - Others

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In June of 1947, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee sent a confidential report to Secretary of State George Marshall, in which they stated: It is evident that there is a deliberate calculated program being carried out not only to protect Communist personnel in high places, but to reduce security and intelligence protection to a nullity. . . . On file in the Department is a copy of a preliminary report of the FBI on Soviet espionage activities in the United States, which involves large numbers of State Department employees. . . this report has been challenged and ignored by those charged with the respons ...

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McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Background, McCarthyism - Tensions of the times, McCarthyism - Origin of the term, McCarthyism - Alleged victims of McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Reactions, McCarthyism - Continuing controversy, McCarthyism - Critiques

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The term originates from March 29, 1950 political cartoon by Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herbert Block. The cartoon depicted four leading Republicans trying to push an elephant (the traditional symbol of the Republican Party) to stand on a teetering stack of ten tar buckets, the topmost of which was labeled "McCarthyism". The reluctant elephant was quoted in the caption as saying "You mean I'm supposed to stand on that?". The Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy reported in 1997, "The first fact is that a signific ...

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McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Background, McCarthyism - Tensions of the times, McCarthyism - Origin of the term, McCarthyism - Alleged victims of McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Soviet Archives, McCarthyism - Critique

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Beginning 24 June 1948 the first major crisis of the Cold War exposed the rift in the Alliance of World War II which had defeated Germany, when Soviet troops blockaded access points to Berlin, sparking the first Berlin Crisis, and lasting a year. On 16 August Harry Dexter White, the first head of the International Monetary Fund, a keystone post war institution, died of a heart attack three days after denying involvement with Soviet espionage during World War II before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). His involvement was later postively determined by the FBI through evidence gathered by the Ven ...

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McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Background, McCarthyism - Tensions of the times, McCarthyism - Origin of the term, McCarthyism - Alleged victims of McCarthyism, McCarthyism - Soviet Archives, McCarthyism - Critique

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Conservatives have long called for the censorship of Doonesbury. Several examples are cited in the Milestones section. The strip has also met criticism from its readers almost since it began syndicated publication. In another example, when Lacy Davenport's husband Dick, in the last moments before his death, calls on God, several conservative pundits, apparently not understanding the context, called the strip blasphemous. The sequence of Dick Davenport's final bird-watching and fatal ...

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Doonesbury, Doonesbury - History, Doonesbury - Musical plot summary, Doonesbury - After the hiatus, Doonesbury - Characteristic style, Doonesbury - Major characters, Doonesbury - Other characters, Doonesbury - Milestones, Doonesbury - Criticism, Doonesbury - Trivia, Doonesbury - Published collections, Doonesbury - Notes

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