American Educational Cartoons Lost to Time - Meaningful Today Fully Restored! Theatrical Restoration

Описание: Cartoons to Make You Smarter

Thomas R Reich PhD presents The History of Positive Propaganda Cartoons so good they were nominated for and won awards world wide, Then forgotten. Dr Reich has brought these cartoons back from the deteriorated state they had fallen into and restored them to their former glory. Restored to todays standards, it turns out that each of these excellent cartoons has a message for us today, right now, as if they were made many decades ago for our situation today!

The first masterpiece is "The Great Rights" nominated for an Academy Award for the 36th awards show January 9, 1964. The Great Rights explores the importance of the Bill of Rights, and it emphasizes its importance to both the right and the left, The cartoon was dedicated to JFK right after his untimely death in 1963, however the cartoon was story boarded and created before that event, so the cartoon does not in any way address that event.

The Great Rights features the talents of 4 of the top directors in animation at the time: Oete Byrbessm Ted Parmalee, Gerry Ray and Sam Weiss. They also managed to get a horde of great animators on the project, among them: Gerald Baldwin, Ben Washam, Bill Littlejohn and many others (we have restored the original full credits within the cartoon so you can find them all there). They also had top artists from UPA, though not a UPA production including Jay Ward all came together to illustrate the benefits of the Bill of Rights!

Add in the voice talents of Hershel Bernardi, Daws Butler, Bill Scott and the late June Foray and the strange time in history they were trying to calm, 1963, seems just as important and as natural a message for 2021!

The Second Masterpiece is "Brotherhood of Man", which was made under contract to United Auto Workers in 1946. It was designed to help race relations in the UAW controlled factories after the war as demand for automobiles grew and the need for increased labor caused hiring outside the pre-WW2 norms. The script was based on The New York Public Affairs Committee pamphlet "The Races of Mankind".

The most famous name involved on the animation team was John Hubley credited for the story and script along with Phill Eastman and Ring Larder Jr. It was directed by Robert Cannon and he is also the lead animator. Possibly the reason this cartoon melted into obscurity was some of the animators ties to the communist party, Lardner was one of the famous "Hollywood 10" found in contempt of Congress for not answering questions before the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and was subsequently black listed. He actually went to jail for this charge! Later he would ghost write the screen play for Treasure of the Sierra Madre in 1949, but the Oscar for that award went to John Huston.

The Third film is "Man of Action" has a strange history indeed but is again very timely subject matter for right now today regardless of its sorted history. It is the story of how a nice neighborhood becomes a slum and how to prevent it through pride in your home and your neighborhood. The main VO talent was Ray Walston, most famous as Uncle Martin in My Favorite Martian sitcom of the 1960s - now roughly credited as the roots of the idea for Resident Alien - a new show on the Sci Fi Channel.

Here is the twist on this seemingly incent cartoon, with good information that even shines through today, it was banned in many states, censored in others as communist propaganda! What about this cartoon could possibly suggest that, please leave your comments I would like to hear your opinions, because at least with the first two, I can maybe see the thought pattern, but this one?

Then, now remember this film was made 1956, it was not until June 29,1965 that this film was officially found fit to show in educational and theatrical situations under the law for Pre-showing Motion Picture Censorship Held Constitutional act

Here is the ruling: In regards to CENSORSHIP - Motion Picture - "Man of Action" Held Not Obscene Under Supreme Court Standards. In the instant censorship case it was held that the motion picture "Man of Action" was not obscene within the meaning of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.

After watching this one I have to say one thing "What the xxx"

Anyway boys and girls, that is the animation history lesson for today, watch, enjoy and I hope that today: "We have made you just a little bit smarter".

Thomas R Reich PhD
Cartoon Crazys Channel