[78-L] Gene Deitch & Howdy-Doody + ME

[Jeff Sultanof]

This is a terrific film, and I can see why Smith hated it. Much too modern
for him, and what Gene did to Howdy! There are some scenes where the
freckles are missing. Horrors!!

I always preferred the WB cartoons over Deitch, but his work is starting to
grow on me big time in my old age. I would love to see his Terrytoons again.

I love hearing about something lost finally being found.

Jeff Sultanof

> > >>
> > >> Gene Deitch, whose "Cat" cartoons satirized (and some say defined)
> jazz record collectors in "The Record Changer" magazine, is in the news.
> Apparently, in 1953, Deitch produced an animated short "Howdy Doody & his
> Magic Hat," whose negative was ordered destroyed by Buffalo Bob Smith. The
> short was Deitch's first directorial effort, but he hasn't seen it in 57
> years. A print was discovered and it will be screened at the CineFamily
> Silent Movie Theater in Los Angeles tomorrow evening. Deitch, now 85, is
> delighted by the discovery. He is living in Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he
> has lived since 1960.
> > >>
> > >> Cary Ginell
> > >>
> >
> > Gene's a good friend and we correspond regularly. Remember he is the guy
> who created the cartoon Tom Terriffic for TV in the 1950s.
> >
> >
> >
> > His sons are also well known cartoonists.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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