Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons

by Jerry Beck

PDF+Paper, 1989

Description

Everything you always wanted to know about Warner Bros. cartoons but were afraid to ask, this complete and indispensable reference will delight adults, children, and audiences all over the world.

Publication

Holt Paperbacks (1989), Edition: 1st, 396 pages

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(25 ratings; 4.2)

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LibraryThing member Big_Bang_Gorilla
Being a chronological listing of Warner Brothers cartoons from the Golden and Silver ages, surely America's favorite cartoons at this point. This book was long-needed and its only flaws are that it could be easier to use and could use a little more critical voice. Cartoons are very difficult to
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remember by title, so it takes a while to find a cartoon unless you're watching it at the time; a wider variety of thematic approaches could make this easier. The author also could be clearer and provide more detail about the studio's slow descent into limited animation through the fifties and sixties.
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ISBN

0805008942 / 9780805008944
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