Rod Scribner: Difference between revisions

In late 1941, after Tex Avery left to direct ''Speaking of Animals'' series for [[Jerry Fairbanks|Jerry Fairbank]] Productions, he was replaced as the unit director by [[Bob Clampett]]. Scribner's animation matched Clampett's expansive and energetic cartoons. This was caused by Scribner animating in ink with a pen or a brush, and since Scribner's animation, in Bill Melendez's words, was "very bold and kind of dirty", it would cause crises in the Ink and Paint Department, and the women had to choose which lines to trace. Clampett classics such as ''[[A Tale of Two Kitties]]'' (1942), ''[[Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs]]'' (1943), and ''[[The Great Piggy Bank Robbery]]'' (1946) showcase some of his trademark "[[George Lichty|Lichty]] style" of animation, which he proposed to Clampett. Clampett left Warner Bros. in 1945 to pursue a career in [[puppetry]] and television.<ref name="Moon" /><ref name=Barrier>{{Cite book|title=Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age|last=Barrier|first=Michael|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|pages=436|isbn=978-0-19-503759-3|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodcartoon00barr}}</ref><ref>[https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/in-his-own-words-bob-clampett-at-warners/ In His Own Words: Bob Clampett at Warners]</ref> Following Clampett's departure, Scribner was transferred to the unit of recently-promoted fellow Clampett alumnus Robert McKimson, although Scribner would only animate on a small number of shorts prior to being hospitalized in late 1945.