Comments on: DOLLS Become ACTORS http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067488 Charlie Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:24:15 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067488 William, actually the first issue after the name change was 6-1938: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/issue/?magname=MechanixIllustrated&magdate=6-1938 William, actually the first issue after the name change was 6-1938: http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....ate=6-1938

]]> By: William Deering http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067486 William Deering Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:09:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067486 Note this is a name transition issue from Modern Mechanix to Mechanix Illustrated. At the bottom of pages 56 - 57: "Mechanix Illustrated - December, 1939 formerly Modern Mechanix". Note this is a name transition issue from Modern Mechanix to Mechanix Illustrated. At the bottom of pages 56 – 57: “Mechanix Illustrated – December, 1939 formerly Modern Mechanix”.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067481 Firebrand38 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:10:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067481 Not exactly..... Not exactly…..

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067479 jayessell Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:55:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067479 Puppetoons! Puppetoons!

]]> By: Rick Auricchio http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067474 Rick Auricchio Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:20:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067474 If it weren't for Starewicz, we'd never have had "Mr. Bill." If it weren’t for Starewicz, we’d never have had “Mr. Bill.”

]]> By: Eli http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067463 Eli Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:02:52 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067463 Stop-motion animation (which I'm assuming is what the article is talking about; I'd love to know why the writer thought a three-paragraph summary of a fairy tale was more interesting to his readers than anything at all about the filming technique he was purportedly writing about) was most certainly *not* an idea developed by the Diehls in 1939. The earliest stop-motion film was "The Cameraman's Revenge" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC0Sb6pLvI), filmed in 1912 by Ladislaw Starewicz. Also, the claim that "the cost is less" is rather unlikely. Stop-motion animation (which I’m assuming is what the article is talking about; I’d love to know why the writer thought a three-paragraph summary of a fairy tale was more interesting to his readers than anything at all about the filming technique he was purportedly writing about) was most certainly *not* an idea developed by the Diehls in 1939. The earliest stop-motion film was “The Cameraman’s Revenge” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIC0Sb6pLvI), filmed in 1912 by Ladislaw Starewicz.

Also, the claim that “the cost is less” is rather unlikely.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067462 Firebrand38 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067462 Here is a clip on YouTube in the original German http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHSlvkrTb74 Here is a clip on YouTube in the original German http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHSlvkrTb74

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067458 Firebrand38 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:34:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067458 The Diehl Brothers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046300/ The Diehl Brothers

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046300/

]]> By: StanFlouride http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/04/20/dolls-become-actors/comment-page-1/#comment-1067456 StanFlouride Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:38:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7635#comment-1067456 No mention of the animators' names! No mention of the animators’ names!

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