The more beautiful backgrounds were painted by James 'Jimmy' Swinnerton, the creator of the 'Canyon Kiddies' comics on which Chuck Jones based 'Mighty Hunters'.
1:27-1:53 -- Note Jones's use of elongated, distorted shadows to create an illusioned perception of the size of the characters in question before their first official screen appearance. I'm not sure if this is the first, but the technique was later used in at least two other CJ-cartoons of which I am aware: "Inki at the Circus" (1947) and, more famously, "What's Opera Doc?" (1957).
Everyone likes to knock Chuck Jones's early stuff since it's so cutesy and slow next to his later stuff, but on their own terms I find them very entertaining. That slow, atmospheric pacing and the sense of exploration and mystery that colors them all makes them a different, but fun, variation of what we think of as Warner Brothers cartoons.
'Sides, you can't help but like his eternally hapless little characters.
I only knock Chuck Jones's earlier stuff because it looks as if he could have (or should have) worked at Disney before he did all the later stuff, but deep down, I think his early stuff was pretty good (particularly Sniffles the Mouse)
Well, he *did* start out as a cellwasher for Ub Iwerks, who started out (and ended up) with Disney, so that's not too hard to see. Also, according to Jones's autobiography, he *did* work briefly for Disney when the WB-studio was temporarily shut down sometime in the fifties.
The more beautiful backgrounds were painted by James 'Jimmy' Swinnerton, the creator of the 'Canyon Kiddies' comics on which Chuck Jones based 'Mighty Hunters'.
perfesserbear1 11 months ago
The painted backgrounds for this cartoon truly have no equal!
Pleinair92 1 year ago
Whats the other name native americans episode called from the Looney Tunes Show?
hittoes 1 year ago
This cartoon re-released on June 13, 1953.
ClassicTVMan81 1 year ago
I love 2:11 n 2:22. Really cute!
boru25 2 years ago
2:11+7:44.
boru25 2 years ago
1:27-1:53 -- Note Jones's use of elongated, distorted shadows to create an illusioned perception of the size of the characters in question before their first official screen appearance. I'm not sure if this is the first, but the technique was later used in at least two other CJ-cartoons of which I am aware: "Inki at the Circus" (1947) and, more famously, "What's Opera Doc?" (1957).
looneywoman 3 years ago
That was a good effort. Cute any Funny.
zartok35 3 years ago
Thanks for the original titles DJLarryT!
jonmayo15 4 years ago
Seconded. The only version I saw until now was that weird Blue Ribbon arrangement.
BadBooking 3 years ago
Everyone likes to knock Chuck Jones's early stuff since it's so cutesy and slow next to his later stuff, but on their own terms I find them very entertaining. That slow, atmospheric pacing and the sense of exploration and mystery that colors them all makes them a different, but fun, variation of what we think of as Warner Brothers cartoons.
'Sides, you can't help but like his eternally hapless little characters.
Marbles471 4 years ago 4
I only knock Chuck Jones's earlier stuff because it looks as if he could have (or should have) worked at Disney before he did all the later stuff, but deep down, I think his early stuff was pretty good (particularly Sniffles the Mouse)
FirstClassHeel 3 years ago
Well, he *did* start out as a cellwasher for Ub Iwerks, who started out (and ended up) with Disney, so that's not too hard to see. Also, according to Jones's autobiography, he *did* work briefly for Disney when the WB-studio was temporarily shut down sometime in the fifties.
looneywoman 3 years ago
This is a great cartoon. Chuck is cool.
iago56iago48 4 years ago 4
Chuck was a very cool director! But I didn't like his earlier cartoons. They were way too "disneyish"
KrazyKartoonKid 3 years ago
I know whta you mean. The style kinda puts me off as well.
boru25 2 years ago