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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 .
Frank Tashlin was an American cartoonist, writer, animator, and film director who specialized in broad satirical comedies. Tashlin directed his animated cartoons like live-action films—employing a wide range of cinematic techniques—and transposed the elastic composition, loud colour, boisterous.
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The Bear That Wasn't is a 1946 children's picture book written and illustrated by filmmaker and Looney Tunes alumnus Frank Tashlin.
Mar 5, 2015 · Years before UPA revolutionized the look of animated films, Tashlin was making movies like “Swooner Crooner,” where he parodied Frank Sinatra by turning him into a rail-thin rooster. Before transitioning fully into live action, Tashlin made one last animated short: the stop-motion political tract “The Way Of Peace,” produced by the ...
Frank Tashlin, byname of Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, (born February 19, 1913, Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S.—died May 5, 1972, Los Angeles, California), U.S. cartoonist, writer, and film director.
Frank Tashlin was born on 19 February 1913 in Weehawken, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958).
Frank Tashlin was a versatile artist, whose resumé reads like a "who is who in mid-20th century comedy?". He was active in several fields: animation, live-action, children's literature and comics. The man worked for nearly all the major animation studios during the...
