The Glass Bottom Boat
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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, 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 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). He was married to Jean Deines, Mary Costa and Dorothy Marguerite Hill. He died on 5 May 1972 in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Frank Tashlin (born February 19, 1913, Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S.—died May 5, 1972, Los Angeles, California) 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 ...
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 ...
Dec 16, 2004 · Frank Tashlin. An Interview by Michael Barrier. [Click here to read feedback about this interview.] Frank Tashlin's cartoons were among the very best of the many wonderful Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies that emerged from the Leon Schlesinger studio in the early forties.
Dec 2, 2003 · February 19, 1913, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA. d. May 5, 1972, Hollywood, California, USA. filmography. bibliography. web resources. For almost fifty years, since the cineaste -filmmakers of the French New Wave first heralded him, the films of Frank Tashlin have been viewed through a single lens.
Dec 12, 2013 · Dec 12, 2013 1:00pm PT. Frank Tashlin: The Scribe Who Escaped From Toontown. Writer came from animation to pen classic Hollywood comedies. By Steven Gaydos.
