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The golden age of animation stretched from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, with movie cartoons reaching an extraordinarily high level of artistry and technique--far higher than today's TV cartoons, for instance.
Nearly 1000 cartoons were produced by the seven major animation studios in the U.S. between January 1, 1939, and September 30, 1945--the immediate pre-World War II period up to the cessation of hostilities. More than a quarter of the cartoons substantially refer to the war, and thereby are invaluable in helping to understand American attitudes and Hollywood's reflection of them.
The meat of Doing Their Bit is a filmography with extremely detailed summaries of the 260 or so commercially produced, animated, war-related shorts, 1939-1945. There is also a good bit of overall commentary on these films as a group. Two chapters wrap up animated cartoons of World War I and the general political tenor of animated talkies of the 1930s. This edition also includes a new chapter on the outrageous government-sponsored Pvt Snafus.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
1. Not for Kids Only
2. Moving Lines Behind the Lines: Cartoons of World War I
3. Animated Talkies During the 1930s: A Political Overview
4. Meet John Doughboy: 1939-1941
5. All Out for V: 1942
6. Seein' Red, White 'n' Blue: 1943
7. Slow Fade on the Home Front: 1944-1945
8. The Adventures of Private Snafu, or, How to Laugh at the Military While Learning What Not to Do
9. That's All, Folks!
Filmography
Private Snafu Cartoons
Mr. Hook Cartoons
Appendix A. War-Related American Cartoons
Appendix B. Frequency of Selected Topical References (All Cartoons)
Appendix C. War Relevancy
Appendix D. Featured Characters
Appendix E. "Ambiguous" List
Appendix F. Selected War-Related Commercial Animated Shorts: 1915-1918
Notes
Bibliography
Text Index (to page numbers)
Filmography Index (to entry numbers)
