Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age 1930-70 Vol. 1 (hardback)

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>Cartoon voices</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong>of the golden age 1930-70</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong> </strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In today's world of instant information everyone knows everything about cartoon voices. Animation is a huge business and Voice Actors are respected. But it wasn't always so.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For thirty years before the TV age countless Classic Era cartoons from 1928 to 1970 were seen in movie theatres before the main feature. During that Golden Age virtually every cartoon voice actor (with the notable exception of the great Mel Blanc) was resigned to being totally anonymous. Despite creating immortal voices like Droopy Popeye Elmer Fudd or Betty Boop the actors' names simply didn't appear on screen.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This book is the first to explore the development of voice artistry from the birth of sound movies to the dawn of TV cartoons when voices finally got screen credit.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Documented in this exhaustively researched history is the full story of how acting for cartoons slowly changed from squawks and grunts into an art form. From the earliest days when animators themselves were the only voices through the gradual hiring of professional radio actors this book finally names the many artists who were unknown for four decades. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Illustrated with rare mugshots of hitherto unknown voices Volume One is the studio-by-studio saga of how cartoon voice acting took off. Volume Two is the reference section with insanely detailed voice credits for thousands of cartoons from top animation studios of the Classic Era. Animation fans can finally learn the full story in Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age with never before told insights into one of the most undocumented areas of film history.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Keith Scott</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> has spent over forty years as an internationally recognized cartoon voice actor and impressionist. He narrated two </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>George of the Jungle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> movies and was the voice of both Bullwinkle J. Moose and the Narrator in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. He is the author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Moose</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>That Roared</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and many articles on animation and Hollywood radio history.</span></p>