http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/09/15/one-off-the-shelf/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:13:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/09/15/one-off-the-shelf/#comment-392 Dave Kirwan Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/09/15/one-off-the-shelf/#comment-392 There are a lot of movie versions of literary originals in "Castles." Charles Laughton is Captain Bligh from Mutiny on the Bounty, and a caricature of of William Powell is used for the Thin Man (even though the character Powell played was not the title character!) There are a lot of movie versions of literary originals in “Castles.” Charles Laughton is Captain Bligh from Mutiny on the Bounty, and a caricature of of William Powell is used for the Thin Man (even though the character Powell played was not the title character!)

]]> http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/09/15/one-off-the-shelf/#comment-391 Joel Schlosberg Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/09/15/one-off-the-shelf/#comment-391 This is one that I've seen before on those cheap VHS compilations of PD cartoons (I also think I recall seeing another cartoon with the exact same "books come to life" premise but different gags). That quadruple monster mash is the best Refrederator frame grab ever! It's also notable that, despite the conceit of the cartoon being that the characters come to life from the books, the character design of both Fu Manchu and Frankenstein follow the conventions set by the film versions. In fact, Fu Manchu having a mustache and ponytail actually contradicts Sax Rohmer's version of the character, in which he's described as completely lacking facial hair (see http://www.njedge.net/~knapp/irony.htm ). This is one that I’ve seen before on those cheap VHS compilations of PD cartoons (I also think I recall seeing another cartoon with the exact same “books come to life” premise but different gags). That quadruple monster mash is the best Refrederator frame grab ever! It’s also notable that, despite the conceit of the cartoon being that the characters come to life from the books, the character design of both Fu Manchu and Frankenstein follow the conventions set by the film versions. In fact, Fu Manchu having a mustache and ponytail actually contradicts Sax Rohmer’s version of the character, in which he’s described as completely lacking facial hair (see http://www.njedge.net/~knapp/irony.htm ).

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