Animator Howard Beckerman discusses his personal experience with animation pioneer Paul Terry in this sneak peek from his interview for the documentary, 'Cartoon Carnival'. www.igg.me/at/c...
Interesting to hear Howard's perspective on Paul Terry! The way you hear most cartoon history books talk about Terry and his cartoons, it's almost always in a disparaging context.
Terrytoons long have been considered bargain-basement, 3rd rate products. I used to think this, too, decades-later, after my familiarity with them from childhood had vanished. I now know this is a mistaken attitude. Paul Terry was one of the earliest pioneers in animation. His characters & cartoons enjoyed worldwide-popularity before Disney & other studio-competitors gained traction with ever-advancing technical-improvements; in fact, Disney himself said that he believed he'd entered the field too late, that Paul Terry, whose cartoons were superior to most others in those very-early years, had attained a level of advancement that likely couldn't be topped. Disney's initial minimal-hopes were that he could produce something on a par with Terrytoons. Only Terry's earliest films could be considered crude but so were Disney's & every-other studio's earliest-attempts at animation. Seen today, Terrytoons visually jump-off the screen with vivid color, lush backgrounds, and quite-smooth animation, possessing a sprightly, bouncy-charm unique to themselves. They're undeniably funny, too! Terry never had the resources that Disney & the others eventually could lavish on their cartoons but the man produced the highest-quality of which his staff was capable given the financial-constraints under which his studio labored, even winning a few Oscars in the process. True, its characters weren't as strong or as memorable as those of other studios, except for Mighty Mouse & Heckle & Jeckle but Terrytoons shouldn't be scorned or dismissed, for in their day they were extremely-popular & pretty-darn amusing!
do u know who paul terry is is charlie bucket in space jam a new legacy joe in microsoap baby sonic in sonic the headgehog 2020 james in animation look back lily 's class and carol singer in tears be for bed timejames henry trotter in james and the gaint peach wwe star chris benoit in raw smack down and more thats what he does..
