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Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Walter Lantz Lantz's first brush with animation had been a mail-order course he'd taken so early, he didn't even know what animation was except that it involved drawing pictures. By the time he was 18, Lantz was writing, directing and animating cartoons of his own — and since many were made in the manner of the Fleischer studio's Koko the Clown, mixing live action with animation, he put in a fair amount of on-screen time himself. Lantz's was the last of the classic-era cartoon studios to close — it kept on making new cartoons until 1972. www.toonopedia.com /lantz.htm   (1186 words)

Walter Lantz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Lantz was born April 27, 1900 in New Rochelle, New York into a family of Italian immigrants. In 1928, Lantz was hired by Charles B. Mintz as a director on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon series for Universal. Walter Lantz died at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California of heart failure on March 22, 1994. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Lantz   (1195 words)

Walter Lantz Studio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Lantz, who was Laemmle's part time chauffer and a veteran of the John R. Bray Studios with considerable experience in all elements of animation production, was selected to run the department. In 1935, the studio was severed from Universal and became Walter Lantz Studio under Lantz's direct control and in 1940 Lantz managed to gain the copyright for his characters. However, the studio benefitted from gaining talent from the other studios who were tired of the current management and usually found Walter Lantz's affable nature combined with his deep love for and intimate knowledge of animation a refreshing change from either Walt Disney's iron grip or Fred Quimby and Ed Selzer's boorishly ignorant interference. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Lantz_Studio   (337 words)

Walter Lantz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) As a teenager, Walter Lantz enrolled in an art school correspondence course, and he joined the animation staff of the International Film Service studios in New York City when he was 16. According to the legend, Lantz was inspired by a woodpecker hammering incessantly on the roof of his honeymoon cottage. Not knowing it was his wife's voice, Lantz picked her tape and Gracie, an actress who appeared in several films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, supplied Woody's voice and distinctive laugh until Lantz stopped making new Woody Woodpecker cartoons in 1975. www.cemeteryguide.com /lantz.html   (589 words)

WALTER LANTZ FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Walter Lantz (April_27, 1900 – March_22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, best known for founding the Walter_Lantz_Studio. Walter Lantz was born April 27, 1900 in New_Rochelle,_New_York into a family of Italian immigrants. By the time he was sixteen, Lantz was working behind the camera in the animation department under the supervision of director Gregory_La_Cava. www.witwib.com /Walter_Lantz   (1114 words)

DVD Review of Woody Woodpecker and Friends - Volume One - DVDtoons!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Walter Lantz liked the resultant mating of animation and jazz music, and utilized this synergy to great effect for the first three years he produced the “Oswald” series. Lantz decided it was time to restructure and negotiated a new agreement with Universal, where he was allowed to set up his own studio, with the promise of delivering a lesser number of cartoons per year. While the Woodpecker would be Walter Lantz’s bread and butter for the rest of his career, he was not immune to the inevitabilities that all cartoon production facilities would face as the decade drew on. www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/167   (4235 words)

Walter Lantz creates Woody Woodpecker cartoon Woody Woodpecker, one of the most bedeviling characters in animated cartoons, was created by Walter Lantz-- his distinctive voice by feminine intrigue. Lantz and his wife, Grace, were on their honeymoon at Sherwood Lake in California. Lantz eventually settled out of court and decided that Woody needed a new voice to avoid litigation in the future. msms.essortment.com /walterlantzwoo_rsvz.htm   (993 words)

Walter Lantz, Creator of Woody Woodpecker, Dies Walter Lantz, who emerged from the ranks of animation's early pioneers to build a multimillion-dollar cartoon empire and a respected worldwide reputation with the creation of an irascible woodpecker named Woody, died Tuesday morning. Gracie Lantz suggested adapting the bird as a cartoon character, although her husband later admitted he was skeptical of its potential. By 1922, Lantz was working as a producer at the John Randolph Bray studio, supervising such characters as Col. Heeza Liar, Pete the Pup and Dinky Doodle in cartoon shorts that occasionally blended animation with live actors--including Lantz. davidbrady.com /times/latlantz.html   (1385 words)

Walter Lantz Production, Inc. v. Robert L. Thomsen - Internet Law - Legal - Domain Dispute Case Summary Archives - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Complainant is Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. ("Lantz"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, with its principal place of business at 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California 91608 USA. In 1940, Walter Lantz, Complainant Lantz’s predecessor-in-interest, created one of the most enduring cartoon characters of the 20th century, Woody Woodpecker. Lantz is the owner of registered trademarks and service marks in the United States for the mark WOODY WOODPECKER. www.muscovitch.com /woodywoodpecker.shtml   (1981 words)

Walter Lantz Lantz inherited the character of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, whose cartoons had been distributed by Universal up to that point (made first by Walt Disney, and then by a splinter group of Disney animators working for M. Winkler). Lantz's output was steady but unspectacular through the 1930s, though such talents as Tex Avery and Preston Blair were among his animators. In the early 1950s, Walter's wife Grace Stafford assumed the job and was the voice of Woody the rest of her life. theoscarsite.com /whoswho/lantz_w.htm   (871 words)

Walter Lantz Walter Lantz worked in animation from 1922 and he was an independent producer 1928 - 1972. Lantz greatest achievement was to stay in business for so many years. A lot of the best cartoon directors worked for Lantz, but only for a short time and those who stayed for many years have not really made a difference in animation history. inet.uni2.dk /~waltherk/lantz.htm   (160 words)

The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia Born in 1900 to an immigrant Italian family in New Rochelle, New York, Walter Lantz began working in the field of animation at age sixteen. In 1922, Lantz moved to New York City where he assumed a directing position at the John R. Bray Studios. Walter Lantz passed away in 1994 but the cartoons he produced and directed still seem as fresh and funny today as they did when they were first released. lantz.goldenagecartoons.com   (564 words)

Lantz, Walter --  Encyclopædia Britannica German born U.S. orchestra conductor Bruno Walter was known for his interpretations of the works of composers of the Viennese school, especially Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. The English critic and man of letters Walter Raleigh was a prominent figure at the University of Oxford in his time. One of the most successful publishers in the United States, Walter Annenberg amassed much of his multi-billion dollar fortune by introducing a small magazine about television at the dawn of that medium's golden age. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9115506?tocId=9115506   (630 words)

Incessantly-Asked Questions Lantz but, oddly enough, neither he nor his studio had anything to do with its creation. One day in 1958 or 1959, Western Publishing's execs realized that they were paying a lot of money to Walter Lantz for the rights to his characters but that they weren't getting as many different titles out of the arrangement as they would have liked. Still, Chase needed a new Lantz comic and he thought the Buck Rogers mouse was a great idea and the title of the Lantz cartoon was the perfect name... www.povonline.com /iaq/IAQ13.htm   (844 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Lantz Walter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Lantz, Walter (1900–1994), American animator, cartoon-film producer, and creator of Woody Woodpecker, a disruptive bird with a piercing laugh, who... Disney, Walt(er Elias) (1901-1966), American animator and producer. Walter, Bruno (1876-1962), German-born conductor, known for his performances of the works of the Austrian composers Gustav Mahler, Anton Bruckner,... au.encarta.msn.com /Lantz_Walter.html   (86 words)

John Cawley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) Lantz, due to his own short-lived TV show in the early 1960s, became second to Disney as a creator audiences could know and love. When I got to meet Walter Lantz in the early 1980s, I found him to be as gracious as I remembered from TV. Upon my arrival, I was amused to see Lantz's receptionist was an age that could have meant she was his original receptionist. www.cataroo.com /020604.html   (527 words)

UCLA Film & Television Archive - Collections - Walter Lantz The work of renowned animator Walter Lantz is represented at the UCLA Film and Television Archive by his films and television commercials. Walter Lantz was born into an immigrant Italian family in New Rochelle, New York. Lantz created many popular cartoon characters, including the bird with the trademark laugh, Woody Woodpecker. www.cinema.ucla.edu /collections/Profiles/lantz.html   (318 words)

Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Universal Studios Cartoons / Walter Lantz Studios That one was both the first Lantz cartoon produced in color, and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award. Lantz tried several types of animal as replacements before finding a reasonably popular star in Andy Panda in 1939. Walter Lantz retired from active cartoon making, but still kept his hand in, managing his cartoon properties' affairs. www.toonopedia.com /universl.htm   (800 words)

Walter Lantz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) As the head of his own animation studio, Lantz was responsible for the... Walter, Woody and the World of Animation (1982) (producer) Walter, Woody and the World of Animation (1982).... www.imdb.com /name/nm0487237   (624 words)

UCLA Film/TV Archive--Walter Lantz The work of renowned animator Walter Lantz is represented at the UCLA Walter Lantz Animation Archive by his films and television commercials This collection is complemented by Lantz' professional and business papers held at UCLA's Arts-Special Collections and Music Libraries. Walter Lantz was born into an immigrant Italian family in New Rochelle, New York on April 27, 1900. At 12 years old he took his first mail-order cartoon drawing course which affected his entire life and career; he began working as a copyboy for the Hearst newspaper, New York American, where he was recommended to Gregory LaCava and then worked with the animation pioneers at Bray Studios. www.toontracker.com /woody/lantz.htm   (412 words)

Gasoline Alley Antiques presents WALTER LANTZ Page Walter Lantz, date and DE LEE Studios also molded into base. Walter Lantz MILO DOG ceramic by Don Roberto, circa 1946. Walter Lantz WALLY WALRUS Coloring Book, ©1962, Saalfield #4547. www.gasolinealleyantiques.com /cartoon/lantz.htm   (1442 words)

UNIVERSAL/LANTZ TITLES The original Walter Lantz cartoons have been off U.S. television for years - and their presence on home video is practically non-existent. On ocassion they would stick to a standard opening, but they changed formats often, and they were as varied as his cartoon managerie. Walter Lantz was sometimes billed as Walt Lantz. www.cartoonresearch.com /lantz.html   (929 words)

TV ACRES: Animals > Birds > Woodpeckers > Woody Woodpecker (Walter Lantz) Mel Blanc, the first to provide Woody's trademark laughter of "Ha-ha-ha haaah-ha!", created his distinctive sound while roaming the cavernous, hallways of Portland Lincoln High School as a teenager. When Mel Blanc later signed a contract with Warner Brothers which prohibited him to use Woody's voice, Walter Lantz's story man Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and later Mrs. Walter Lantz, actress Grace Stafford took over the vocal role of Woody Woodpecker until the series ended in 1972. www.tvacres.com /birds_woodpecker_woody.htm   (217 words)

Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection -- Published in conjunction with the Walter Lantz Conference on Animation, held June 12-14, 1987. Call no.: NC1429.L27A4 1985 ------------------------------------------------------ Walter Lantz talks about Woody Woodpecker and about his wife, Grace Lantz, who is the voice of Woody [sound recording] / with Hugh Downs. Walter Raleigh en Virginie / dessin de Raymond Poivet ; scenario de Jacques Bastian. www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/wrri/walt_e.htm   (1860 words)

Lantz, Walter Posters, Lantz, Walter Poster Find Lantz, Walter Posters, Mini Lantz, Walter Posters, Art Prints and More! Lantz, Walter Posters, Lantz, Walter Mini Posters, Prints and More. It’s easy to sign-up, track your sales, and build links because the site generates all the HTML code for you. www.buy-posters.biz /artists-l/c25966-lantz-walter-posters.html   (222 words)

Walter Lantz layout drawing Animation Art layout drawing of NA From Walter Lantz This is a layout of a furnace with the words "the unpopular mechanic" written on the top side of the composition, presumably denoting the origin of this piece as, according to research, pre-production art for the Walter Lantz animated short the Unpopular Mechanic released in 1936. This wonderful artwork was acquired directly from the Mason family who survive Billy and Hal Mason, two key animators and creators who worked for Walter Lantz productions for decades. This special and hard to find art represents the unique Lantz studio style during the 1930's, a key period in animation history. www.animationartgallery.com /OSDMM61.html   (227 words)

TV ACRES: Penguins - Chilly Willy (Walter Lantz) Adorable, mute cartoon character who debuted in the animated theatrical short "Chilly Willy" (1953) created by Walter Lantz. The last in the series was called "The Rude Intruder" produced for Universal Studios in 1972. Since its debut, the Chilly Willy character has been drawn by such artists as Walter Lantz, Tex Avery, and Alex Lovy. www.tvacres.com /birds_penguins_chilly.htm   (271 words)

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