Professor Karl Cohen Speaks at Half Moon Bay Coastside Film Society November 19, 2010 Feature
A Night of Surreal Animation with Karl Cohen
(97 minutes)
November 2010 — Many thanks to Karl Cohen, the famous animation collector and professor. We asked for his help building a night of animation. He provided us with original film stock for a half dozen of his personal favorites from days gone by.
Cohen’s picks from the ’20s and ’30s were all famous back in the days of black and white. Felix the Cat plays with shadows in the twilight. Betty Boop is now human, but still pals around with her old boyfriend Bimbo the Dog and his sidekick Koko the Clown. Little round-headed Oopy is kidnapped; bratty brother Scrappy comes to the rescue. Tom and Jerry — still in human form — save a beautiful singing mummy. Flip the Frog battles a creepy magician.
The characters from the ’40s and ’50s are more familiar but retain an edge that was lost in their later years. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck mix up baby deliveries. James Mason narrates a creepy version of “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Daffy Duck is tormented by a sadistic off-screen animator. Bugs Bunny outwits a mad scientist and his furry orange monster.
Karl Cohen will officiate.
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