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Of Mice and Magic: History of American Animated Cartoons (Plume Books) (Paperback)

by Leonard Maltin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (24 Feb 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0452259932
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452259935
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Film historian Leonard Maltin recreates a whole era of Hollywood cartoons, from Betty Boop to Spielberg's "An American Tail". It also brings the reader up to date on the modern work of Walt Disney and the Warner Bros studio, plus new developments in animation. The book includes a filmography of cartoons and sources for video rental.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Whole Picture, 7 Jun 2000
Books on animation used to be almost exclusively about Disney's output and more recently Warner's and MGM's too but to find out about the smaller players was a nightmare. Now Mr Maltin has redressed the balance giving us the basic history of all the main studios each getting it's own chapter (plus one extra for the silent era). The rise and fall (usually) of each studio is described in detail along with the people working at them and a complete filmography for each at the end of the book. Mr Maltin's style is a joy to read, almost decieving us into thinking this must have been as easy to write as it was to read but this is a book with a lot of research hidden inside it and once read deserves to be placed lovingly on the reference shelf to be consulted again and again. This is probably the best book of it's kind available and should be included in any animation buff's "must have" list.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Golden age of American studio animation, 4 Jul 1998
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I am not an animation student, merely an ardent fan with many years of armchair learning to my credit. My copy of this book is now nearly 20 years out of date and the softcover spine is wrecked beyond repair, but I still frequently refer to Maltin's incomparable history of the subject, by studio, and to the exhaustive filmographies in the back. No matter what turns up on Cartoon Network from the classic age, I'm ready for it, with insight and clear, impassioned writing on the subject. It isn't for nothing that this book has become a standard in classrooms.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive view of the first 50 years of animation, 30 April 1998
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I am an animation student and am reading this title because it is a required text. Mr. Maltin does a wonderful and comprehensive job of outlining the history of animation from the Silent Era, to the Golden Age, to a few subsequent years thereafter. Not only does the book chronical the different animation studios, he also gives a brief work history of the most influential animators of the time and gives us an inside view of the animation industry through personal interviews with them. The version I have has been updated, but it seems only through footnotes but I could be wrong as I haven't read the original. An excellent text for either historian, student, or anyone who just loves cartoons, get it!
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