9/3/2023 0 Comments Big bad wolf imagesSome good gags and good looking transfer round out this film. Interestingly, the scarecrow does most of the work in this short. The BB Wolf then catches one of the sheep, and Bo Peep, Boy Blue, and the scarecrow run off to save it. 'This whole ritual is bunk I added it to the book so I'd know when and where the wolf would be' 'She ain't a girl anymore She's a monster And the sooner you realize that, the better' Red is transforming. Red with the mark of the Werewolf on her cheek. The mischievious black sheep then gets a wolf mask to scare the white sheep, but runs across a real wolf. Rapunzel discovers the Wolf wearing Red's necklace. The short opens with a scarecrow prompting Little Boy Blue to blow his horn, causing a black sheep of Bo Peep's to do the Charleston. This one, featuring Iwerks' elongated body style, is a pastiche of nursery rhymes Little Boy Blue, Little Bo Peep, and The Big Bad Wolf. Which is a shame, since the shorts, like this one, are certainly on the par with Disney or Warner shorts of the era. In the late 1920s, Iwerks struck out on his own, creating a Mickey-like character, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and Flip The Frog.īy the time Castle got ahold of this film in the 1940s or 1950s, these shorts were already cheaply available, since they did not have the backing of a major Hollywood studio. Iwerks worked with Disney in the silent era, and was influential in the early design of Mickey Mouse. Anyone have the Winsor McCay films?Įarly 1930s cartoon from Ub Iwerks. Great to see some of his work here, hoping for more truly vintage animation. Iwerks was Ub (or Ubbe) Iwerks his first name wasn't initialed. Castle released material on 8mm, Super 8mm, and 16mm before changing into Universal8. By the way, Castle Films was Universal's home-movie division, not the producer of this short. Why isn't The Pincushionman-as it was later called-on this site? It's PD and bizarre and quite pleasant. (My uncle also did marquee design for decades for Hollywood premieres, hand-lettered film titles on mattes for the films themselves, etc., and years back I was given some of the originals.but no cels they weren't commonly kept back then). It wasn't Disney who created the character, and I strongly gather that Iwerks had more creative input than Disney at that point. In a bit of historical relevance, an uncle of mine claimed he created Oswald, sold the rights on the spot, and he provided very credible career information and documentation to back up his story.
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