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4 days ago · Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, [3] was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros. , as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films .
1 day ago · He starred in over 160 theatrical animated short films of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. He was voiced by vocal artist Mel Blanc, and in later years he was voiced by other vocal artists such as Jeff Bergman, Billy West and Eric Bauza.
1 day ago · When McCabe joined the armed forces, Frank Tashlin rejoined Schlesinger as director, and that unit was eventually turned over to Robert McKimson. Milton Gray notes that from The Hep Cat (1942) on, the cartoons become even more wild as Clampett's experimentation reached a peak. [ 3 ]
Aug 9, 2024 · Frank Tashlin directs this colorful musical comedy, which stars Dean Martin as Rick Todd, a struggling painter who shares an apartment with comic book artist Eugene Fullstack, played by Jerry Lewis. The film features a memorable performance by Martin of the titular song, "Artists and Models," as well as several other catchy tunes.
5 days ago · With the addition of director Frank Tashlin, musical director Carl W. Stalling, and voice interpreter Mel Blanc, the team was in place to create a new kind of cartoon character: cynical, wisecracking, and often violent, who, refined through a series of cartoons, finally emerged as Bugs Bunny in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare (1940).
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Aug 1, 2024 · Jerry Lewis' relentless energy is on full display in this hysterical 1964 medical farce helmed by legendary director Frank Tashlin. As Jerome Littlefield—the titular disorderly orderly—Lewis steals every scene with his riotous antics at the Whitestone Sanitarium where he works.
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Jul 25, 2024 · Lewis then began a series of solo comedies, starting with The Delicate Delinquent (1957) and often working with director Frank Tashlin. In 1959 he signed a new contract with Paramount that gave him 60 percent of box-office profits and allowed him to write and direct his own films, beginning with The Bellboy (1960).
