A history of comic strips, with clips of various cartoonists at work.A history of comic strips, with clips of various cartoonists at work.A history of comic strips, with clips of various cartoonists at work.
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John Nesbitt
- Narrator
- (voice)
Clem Bevans
- Horatio Curdlepuss
- (uncredited)
James Bush
- Convalescing Soldier
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPart of the "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" series of short films.
- Crazy creditsThe narrator orally identifies all credited cast members.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MGM Parade: Episode #1.18 (1956)
Featured review
This short I just watched on Mark Evanier's "newsfromme" blog as linked from Facebook. It showcases various cartoonists that were active in 1945 like Chic Young at a pier drawing "Blondie" or H. H. Knerr drawing "The Katzenjammer Kids". By the way, that strip was created by Rudolph Dirks for King Features but after he left, Kneer replaced him but Dirks then started drawing the same characters for United Feature Syndicate and called it "The Captain and the Kids". None of that was mentioned in the short. Another cartoonist shown was Al Capp and his "Li'l Abner". The short ends with that character being animated with him talking. Other artists shown were-Chester Gould on "Dick Tracy", Harold Gray on "Little Orphan Annie", Fred Lasswell on "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith", etc. This was quite an interesting short so on that note, I recommend People on Paper.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Passing Parade No. 55: People on Paper
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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