Terrytoons

During his forty-year career in animation Paul Terry animated, directed and produced over 1,100 cartoons. Yet despite his prodigious output he remains one of the animation s unsung legends. Walt Disney admitted that one of his earliest ambitions was to produce cartoons of comparable quality to Paul [...]
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During his forty-year career in animation Paul Terry animated, directed and produced over 1,100 cartoons. Yet despite his prodigious output he remains one of the animation s unsung legends. Walt Disney admitted that one of his earliest ambitions was to produce cartoons of comparable quality to Paul Terry.
Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory chronicles the fascinating life of one of animation industry s cartoon giants, from his humble beginnings on a
family farm in San Mateo, California to his rise as one of the leading super producers of cartoon shorts during the Golden Age of American Animation.
Terry s story is one of survival in the face of natural disasters, economic collapse and bitter rivalries. In 1942, on the brink of financial ruin, he created a cartoon superstar, Mighty Mouse, that saved his studio from financial ruin. Today, "Here I Come to Save the Day " the famous shout of Mighty Mouse as he bolts into action, is an almost universally recognized phrase. Terry followed this success by creating the popular mischievous magpies Heckle and Jeckle, as well as many other familiar characters before the sale of his studio to CBS in 1955 that launched the careers of animation prodigy Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat) and Oscar(r) winners Ernest Pintoff and Gene Deitch.
With biographies on all of the key Terrytoons staff and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs, many of which are in color, Terrytoons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory is a long overdue homage to the legendary producer and invaluable addition to any cartoon lover s book collection."