Abraham, Adam.
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2012.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-285), filmography (p. 286-289) and index.
- Fantasyland in revolt — Wartime experiments — Industrial films — Columbia Pictures presents — Modern art triumphant — The red menace — Mr. Magoo: blindness and insight — Television and advertising — An Arabian goodnight — After the fall.
- What do Franklin Roosevelt, Dr. Seuss, the U.S. Navy, and Mr. Magoo have in common? They are all part of the surprising story of the pioneering cartoon studio UPA (United Productions of America). Throughout the 1950s, a group of artists ran a business that broke all the rules, pushing animated films beyond the fluffy fantasy of the Walt Disney Studio and the crash-bang anarchy of Warner Bros. Instead, UPA’s films were innovative and graphically bold–the cartoon equivalent to modern art. When Magoo Flew is the first book-length study to chronicle the complete story of this unique American enterprise. The book features cameo appearances by Aldous Huxley, James Thurber, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Jim Backus, Eddie Albert, and Woody Allen, as well as a select filmography of the best of UPA.
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