Talk:Golden age of American animation

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Is this the proper name of something? Why is it capitalized with a secondary title? A more natural and naming convention compliant title would be The golden age of Hollywood animation. --mav

I just thought it would make a good title - "Hollywood Animation." It was suggested in the animation talk page that the name "History of Animation Part 1" (and 2, 3, 4) was inappropriate because the articles so far dealt primarily with American animation. -- Modemac

As some important studios of this era like Fleischer were still located on the east coast a continent away from Hollywood, I suggest moving this to something like "US animation". -- Infrogmation 18:15, 11 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Misleading Title[edit]

This article is about Animation in the United States; "America" is the whole continent... I suggest that the title be changed to:

"Golden age of U.S. animation"

Since no mention is made about animation in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Canada, Mexico... which are all located in the continent named "America".

189.110.59.199 (talk) 20:00, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If I say "America", what country is generally considered first? KyuuA4 (Talk:キュウ) 23:23, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no continent named "America." The complaint above names several countries that are variously located in the seperate continents of North America and South America. The "Americas" are a collection of land masses. Additionally, "American" here refers the name chosen by citizens of the United States of America to describe themselves. Citizens of Argentina refer to themselves as Argentine or Argentinian and do not refer to themselves as American. Nor do Brazilians or Canadians for that matter. "American" is also the name used in virtually every other country to describe a citizen of the U.S.A. 76.118.197.20 (talk) 04:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)jbarnett[reply]

Contradiction[edit]

There seems to be a contradiction between this page and Animated cartoon. The latter says "The first cartoon with synchronized sound is often identified as Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse in 1928, but Max Fleischer's 1926 My Old Kentucky Home is less popularly but more correctly credited with this innovation." This page only gives Steamboat Willie as the first.-Insanity Incarnate 17:56, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No one's arguing. I'll go ahead and make the edit. Insanity Incarnate 05:49, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

POV[edit]

This entire article is filled with biased language ("tremendous impact" and such), opinions, and other NPOV violations. Needs to be revised from top to bottom. --FuriousFreddy 06:54, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"as well"?[edit]

Why do every other sentence in the article (expecially those with a reference at the end) end with the phrase "as well" or "also"? The placement of these phrases into the sentences often makes no sense at all, and just makes the text confusing to read and oddly looking. Could someone please fix this?Rattis1 (talk) 15:37, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move[edit]

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The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 19:01, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Golden Age of American animation → Golden Age of American animation — WP:THE; the current title's "The" is unnecessary. See also Golden Age (disambiguation); no other "Golden Age of X" article uses a "The". However, I'm not sure the phrase "Golden Age of American animation" is a well-established term to refer to a particular historical period; is it? Wikipedia shouldn't be making up terms like "Golden Age"; we should be quoting earlier, verifiable, authoritative sources who already use the term. — Quuxplusone (talk) 20:50, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Origin Of Term?[edit]

Who first called this era the Golden Age of Animation? 38.111.35.2 (talk) 19:45, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source for decline[edit]

Christopher P. Lehman (March 11, 2017), "The Final Days of The Theatrical Cartoon Short", Animation Anecdotes

Could be incorporated into the article later as a citation for much of the decline. BrightRoundCircle (talk) 12:16, 11 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Cronology[edit]

According to the timeline and the information on this page, the Golden Age of American animation would have ended around the mid-60s. The Pink Panther was the last animated character of this period. Since the creation of DFE the popularity of the Looney Tunes has fallen; especially with Seven Arts. In addition, the death of Walt Disney in 1966 marked deeply in the history of animation. And we should also talk about the animated series on TV of this period; since Jay Ward Productions made the first animated TV series (Crusader Rabbit) and Hanna-Barbera came out in 1957 and went on to make theatrical animated short films for Columbia Pictures. If the Golden Age of American animation happens almost at the same time as the Golden Age of Hollywood, we should also point out the cartoons of the Golden Age of Television.

--81.39.235.111 (talk) 15:58, 7 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I give several links to confirm this information:

The Pink Panther [1]
Looney Tunes [2]
Walt Disney death [3]
Jay Ward Productions [4]
Hanna-Barbera [5]

--79.156.189.241 (talk) 21:38, 8 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

original theatrical aspect ratio?[edit]

What was the original aspect ratio of all these cartoons released during the Golden Age? I find it hard to believe this entire wikipedia page does not have that answer (also no other pages about classic animation answer this question). I have read on various forums and dvd review sites that the original ratio was academy ratio - 1.37:1. But can that be confirmed by any trustworthy sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.236.50.75 (talk) 05:59, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Inkwell and Walt Disney Productions.[edit]

Margaret Winkler wouldn't stop distributing Inkwell Cartoons till 1924 & also, she was the first distributor. After that, they formed Real Seal Productions to distribute their films. Temporarily in 1922, Warner Brothers would distribute the cartoons. I looked on the company credits on imdb on whod distributed the films.

From 1926-1927, Film Booking Offices was the distributor while Winkler Pictures was the co-producer. --Evope (talk) 19:54, 29 November 2020 (UTC)Evan Opedal[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Since Jan 22 several similar IP-addresses have made odd edits (mostly in the Timeline) related to Russian cartoons which do not belong to this article (and might contain false information). Every edit from these addresses on other pages seem to be nonconstructive or straightforward vandalism. –St.nerol (talk) 23:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]