Discover the powerful fusion of Jewish culture, history, and artistic expression through the lens of graphic storytelling in this dynamic traveling exhibition from the Center for Jewish History! Icons in […]
As insect ingénue Honey Bee and the whole Bugville community awaits local hero Hoppity the grasshopper’s return, two crises brew: she may have to marry meanie C. Bagley Beetle, while their garden paradise is threatened by... Manhattan development! This classic, colorful animated musical comedy (with songs by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, no less, and Fleischer […]
Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame (1934) Dizzy Dishes (1930) Betty Boop’s Penthouse (1933) Poor Cinderella (1934) Betty Boop and Grampy (1935) A Language All My Own (1935) Little Pal (1934) Program of 1930s cartoons showing how Betty went from dog character (in her debut, Dizzy Dishes), to skimpily-dressed Pre-Code icon, to career woman, to supporting character (to senior citizen inventor “Grampy” and oh-so-cute […]
Cartoon Factory (1924) The Adventures Of Popeye (1935) She Reminds Me Of You (1934) Chess Nuts (1932) Cobweb Hotel (1936) Way Back When A Triangle Had Its Points (1940) King For A Day (1940) Hold It (1938) The Raven (1942) Just when you thought the Fleischer cartoons couldn’t get any weirder. Animation Historian Jerry Beck will present a selection of cartoon goodies that stand out solely […]
Superman (1941) The Mechanical Monsters (1941) Billion Dollar Limited (1942) The Arctic Giant (1942) Bulleteers (1942) The Magnetic Telescope (1942) Terror on the Midway (1942) A number of firsts mark this series of incredible animated shorts. Superman […]