Friday, January 17, 2014
Ub Iwerks ComiColor cartoons
Officially, his name was Ubbe Ert Iwwerks and his father, Eert Ubben Iwwerks came from Uttum, East-Friesland, a provence that once was part of the most Northern region of my country, but now belongs to Germany. After his immigration to the US, he married Deborah Pierce in 1880, but later remarried with Laura Wagner. Their son, Ub, was born on March 24, 1901. Ive tried to post the artwork as much as possible in chronological order and theyre pretty high res, so be sure to click on them and check them out up close. If youve never seen any of these shorts, you might find some of them on You Tube, as theyre pretty much in the public domain by now.
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Below: Summertime was released on June 15, 1935. the funny thing is, the last work Ubbe did for Disney, before setting up his own cartoon studio, was direct a few shorts for Disneys Silly Symphonies series. Three of those were part of the so-called "Four Seasons series, which included a Summertime short. The last of those, Winter, was directed by Burt Gillett after Ubbe had left. Winter was released by Disneys new distributor Columbia Pictures on November 5, 1930. The name you see on Ubs posters, P.A. Powers and his Celebrity company were originally Disneys distributor, but their relationship had ended once Pat had helped Ubbe set up his own place.
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