Major Technicolor exhibition at MoMA, ‘Glorious Technicolor: From George Eastman House and Beyond,’ rolls into its final weeks with a full schedule of 35mm screenings of Disney and other animation classics.
Ralph Eggleston, the production designer of Pixar's latest feature Inside Out, helped curate selections for the exhibition, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Technicolor. Eggleston will also will be on hand to present several screenings, along with Disney restoration expert Theo Gluck, and animation historian John Canemaker.
The schedule features a slew of outstanding programs including A Splash of Technicolor: Exploring Color in Cartoons, 1930–1954, Disney Technicolor Cartoons [Program 1 & 2] and Fleischer, UPA, and Looney Tunes Technicolor Cartoons, 1938–1955, which will each feature the following cartoon shorts:
A Splash of Technicolor: Exploring Color in Cartoons, 1930–1954 (63 minutes)
Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, July 31, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
- Fiddlesticks
1930. USA. Directed by Ub Iwerks. 6 min. - The Aristo-Cat
1943. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Rudy Larriva. 7 min. - Wackiki Wabbit
1943. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Ken Harris. 7 min. - Trap Happy
1946. USA. Directed by Joseph Barbara, William Hanna. 7 min. - Bugs Bunny Rides Again
1948. USA. Directed by Friz Freleng. Animation by Ken Champin, Gerry Chiniquy, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross. 7 min. - Texas Tom
1950. USA. Directed by Joseph Barbara, William Hanna. 7 min. - Dripalong Daffy
1951. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Ken Harris, Phil Monroe, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam. 7 min. - Claws for Alarm
1954. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Lloyd Vaughan, Ben Washam. 7 min.
Disney Technicolor Cartoons [Program 1] (63 minutes)
Friday, July 31, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, August 3, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
- Mickey Mouse on Parade
1932. USA. Directed by Walt Disney. Animation by Joe Grant. 2 min. - Flowers and Trees
1932. USA. Directed by Burt Gillett. 8 min. - Lullaby Land
1933. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. 7 min. - Goddess of Spring
1934. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Animation by Wolfgang Reitherman. 10 min. - The Band Concert
1935. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. Animation by Johnny Cannon, Les Clark, Ugo D'Orsi, Frenchy de Tremaudan, Clyde Geronimi, Wolfgang Reitherman, and others. 9 min. - The Country Cousin
1936. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. 7 min. - Music Land
1935. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. 10 min. - The Old Mill
1937. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. 9 min.
Disney Technicolor Cartoons [Program 2]
Sunday, August 2, 2015, 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
- Lullaby Land
1933. USA. Directed by Wilfred Jackson. 7 min. - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
1938. USA. Directed by Graham Heid. Animation by Art Palmer, Izzy Klein, George Rowley, Stan Quackenbush, and others. 8 min. - Ferdinand the Bull
1938. USA. Directed by Dick Rickard. Animation by Bernard Garbutt, Hamilton Luske, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Don Lusk, and others. 8 min. - The Brave Little Tailor
1938. USA. Directed by Bill Roberts. Animation by Fred Moore, Bill Tytla, Don Patterson, Milt Schaffer, Les Clark, Ollie Johnson, Frank Thomas, and others. 9 min. - The Ugly Duckling
1939. USA. Directed by Jack Cutting. 9 min. - Chicken Little
1943. USA. Directed by Clyde Geronimi. Animation by Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery, Norman Tate. 8 min. - The Brave Engineer
1950. USA. Directed by Jack Kinney. Animation by Al Bertino, Milt Kahl, Fred Moore. 7 min. - Adventures in Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom
1953. USA. Directed by Ward Kimball, Charles A. Nichols. Animation by Ward Kimball, Julius Svendsen, Marc Davis, Henry Tanous, Art Stevens, Xavier "X" Atencio. 10 min. - Pigs Is Pigs
1954. USA. Directed by Jack Kinney. Animation by John Sibley. 10 min. Courtesy The Walt Disney Studios. Program 76 min.
Fleischer, UPA, and Looney Tunes Technicolor Cartoons, 1938–1955 (83 minutes)
Saturday, August 1, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
- Hunky and Spunky
1938. USA. Directed by Dave Fleischer. 35mm print courtesy the Academy Film Archive; courtesy Paramount Pictures. 8 min. - Terror on the Midway
1942. USA. Directed by Dave Fleischer. Animation by Orestes Calpini, Jim Davis. 8 min. - The Dover Boys
1942. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Robert Cannon. 9 min. - The Enchanted Square
1947. USA. Directed by Seymour Kneitel. Animation by Orestes Calpini, Al Eugster. 35mm print courtesy Paramount Pictures. 10 min. - Rooty Toot Toot
1951. USA. Directed by John Hubley. Animation by Art Babbitt, Pat Matthews, Tom McDonald, Grim Natwick. 7 min. - The Oompahs
1952. USA. Directed by Robert Cannon. Animation by Roger Daley, Bill Melendez, Frank Smith. 7 min. - Little Boy with a Big Horn
1953. USA. Directed by Robert Cannon. Animation by Tom McDonald, Bill Melendez, Frank Smith. 7 min. - Christopher Crumpet’s Playmate
1955. USA. Directed by Robert Cannon. Animation by Barney Posner, Frank Smith, Alan Zaslove. 6 min. - Hyde and Hare
1955. USA. Directed by Friz Freleng. Animation by Ted Bonnicksen, Gerry Chiniquy, Arthur Davis, Virgil Ross. 7 min. - Deduce You Say
1955. USA. Directed by Chuck Jones. Animation by Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, Ben Washam. 7 min.
Other screenings include Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, and a special screening of Fantasia, to be introduced by Canemaker. Head on over to the MoMA site for more details and tickets.
(via Animation Scoop)