Wednesday 22 May 2013

Hanna Barbera

Hanna Barbera


hannah Barbera production,inc also known at various times as H-B production company,and Hanna-Barbera cartoon was an American animation studio that dominated American television animation for nearly three decades in the mid-to-late 20th century.

The studio has also been created by other stuff like they can make it short subjects,telefilms,special and commercial,earing Hanna-Barbera eight emmys.in late 1991,the company was purchased by turner broadcasting system,who used much of the H-B back catalog to program it new channel,cartoon network.

The company was originally formed in 1957 by former metro-Goldwyn-mayer animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera they both created Tom and Jerry and live action George Sidney in partnership with columbia pictures' screen Germs television division. over the next four decades,the studio produced many successful animated television shows including  Huckleberry Hound,The Flinstones,Yogi Bear,Jonny Quest,the Jetsons,Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs among others.

Tuesday 7 May 2013

Fred Quimby

Fred Quimby


He is a creator of Tom and Jerry,He animated everything from Tom and Jerry.Fredrick Clinton Quimby was born on July 31,1886 he died in septemeber 16,1965 at the of 79.He was born in Minineapolis,and started his career as a journalist,in 1907,he manged a film theater in Missoula,Montana.later,he worked at Pahte,rising to become a memeber of the board of directors before leaving in 1921 to become an indepenedent producer.He got hired in 20th century in 1924, and then MGN in 1927 to head it short features department,in 1937.he assigned to put together it animation dapartment.cartoons got more money they was getting more popular and the mgm's cartoon didn't last no longer they closed it in 1957 but mgm still loved Tom and Jerry shorts and saved the contracts for producing the show even later allowing legendary animator Chuck Jones the wanted him to make new series of Tom and Jerrry's 

In 1939,William Hanna and Joseph Barbera presented him.From Tom and Jerry films without inviting Hanna and Barbera onstage and his name became well known due toit prominece in the cartoon credits.even though quimby had taken sole credit for approving and prducing the Tom and Jerry series,he never actually worked on it.besides,Quimby had a difficult relationship with animators and even Hanna and Barbera.Quimby retired from MGM in 1955.Hanna and Barbara was his role model to do it.MGM assumed that bringing in old cartoons got more money and the MGM's cartoon division did not last long after it was closed in 1957 but mgm still loved the Tom and Jerry shorts and saved the contracts for producing the show even later allowing legendary animaator Chuck Jones to make a new serie of Tom and Jerry,despite that Jones never worked for mgm.Fred Quimby died in Santa Monica,California in 1965 and was buried in Glendale.

Wednesday 1 May 2013

Chuck

Chuck Jones


 Charles Martin Jones was born in September 21,1912 he died in February 22,2002 at the age of 89.He been called all different names like charles Jones,Charles M.Jones,Charles Martin Jones and Chuck.
In his autobiography,Chuck Amuck,Jones credits his artistic bent to circustances surrounding his father,who was an unsuccessful busnessman in California in the 1920s.His father,Jones recounts,would start every new business venture by purchasing new stationery and new pencils with the company name on them.

During the World war II years,Jones worked closely with thedor Geisel,better known as Dr.seuss.He had create his own Private Snafu series of Army Educational cartoons.Soldiers on topics like spies and laziness in a more risque way.During World War II,Jones directed such shorts as the Weekly Reporter, a 1944 short that related to shortages and rationing on the home front.

In 1950,Jones and Maltese began working on Rabbit Fire, a short that has changed Daffy Duck's personality forever. They decided to make him a tottaly different character instead of the wacky comic relief character he had been they turned Daffy into a vain.with business parter les Goldman,Jones started an independent animation studio sib tower 12 productions,bringing on most of his unit from warner bros.,including Maurice noble and michael Maltese.in 1963,metro-goldwyn-mayer contracted with sib tower 12 to have Jones and his staff produce new Tom and Jerry cartooons as well as a television adaption of all Tom and Jerry . 

On Decemeber 11,1975, ahortly after the release of Bugs Bunny superstar, which prominently featured Bob Clampett,Jones wrote a letter to tex Avery,accusing clampett of taking credit for ideas that were not his and characters created by other directors Jones,s Sniffles and Friz Freleng's They never published anything as they said they would.But they was usually sent to Michael Barrier,who had conducted the inteview with clampett abd was disributed by Jones to mutliple people concerned with animation over the years.
Jones life and legacy were celebrated January 12,2012 with the official grand opening of the chuck Jones experience at circus circus Las Vegas.Many of Jones family welcomed celebrities,animation appropriate and unconventional way.