MAGOO MEETS BOING BOING (UPA) Abe LevitowįELINEOUS ASSAULT (Paramount) Seymour Knietel TV FUDDLEHEAD (Paramount) Seymour Knietel However – submitted, screened, but NOT nominated were: Also note John Hubley thanking Faith, Bobe Cannon, Ed Smith and all his kids: Note that Reiner was the sole voice in Pintoff’s The Violinist – always the professional, he shows no emotion in reading the nominees and announcing the (for him, disappointing) winner. The award itself rightfully recognized one of the medium’s true innovators.īELOW: In the video embed, Carl Reiner and Hope Lange present the awards for Short Subject. It was entertaining and visually different. As different as the Disney short was, and as funny as Pintoff film is, Hubley’s Moonbird was the proper winner. cartoon (another Speedy – gosh, those were popular), a unique Disney stop-motion two-reeler, and a clever Ernest Pintoff cartoon (also an “indie”). This was the first year that an independent film won the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoon. This was a turning point for animation in Oscar history. MOONBIRD (Storyboard Productions) John Hubley & Faith Elliot, directors. THE VIOLINIST (Pintoff Productions) Ernest Pintoff Woody ties a rope to the can and then attaches the other end of the rope to an outer-space missile, which zooms to Mars as Woody and the humane officer watch it disappear into space through a telescope.MEXICALI SCHMOES (Warner Bros.) Friz Freleng In the battlethat ensues, the tomcat jumps a fence and falls into a large trash can. Finally, Woody enters a dog pound, with the tomcat close behind. The humane officer shows up again at the opportune moment to protect Woody. With the humane officer gone, the tomcat starts after Woody, whois cornered. The tomcat pats Woody on the head and treats him tenderly until the humane officer moves out of sight. The humane officer makes the tomcat tell Woody that heis sorry, and that he will not bother Woody any more. Dizzily turning, he sees Humane Officer Willoughby holding a newspaper, the caption of which reads "New law protects woodpecker from cats". Woody goes up and down a tree, over rooftops, down a chimney, out of a window and over a fence, with the tomcat in close pursuit Finally, the tomcat catches Woody and is ready for a good meal when heis stunned by a sharp blow on the head. Philbert, a large, hungry tomcat, sees Woody and gives chase. Released theatrically on March 2, 1959, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. Tomcat Combat is the 89th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.
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