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2 | [[caption-width-right:292:Bill Nolan, standing outside the Universal cartoon department.]] |
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4 | William Charles "Bill" Nolan (June 10, 1894 – December 6, 1954) was a pioneering animator from UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation. He was one of the top animators of the Silent Age, capable of turning out a record 500 drawings per day--a feat only surpassed by animator Creator/UbIwerks. |
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6 | Bill was important in that he was a pioneer of the rubberhose art style that defined classical animation--the origins of it began in 1924, when working on WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat with Creator/OttoMessmer, that he decided to redesign Felix into a softer, curvier design than before, to not only make it easier for animation to overlap and be smoother, but also make animation less of a burden for the workers. Thus, he is the father of RubberhoseLimbs. |
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8 | Nolan also discovered that if a long background painting was slid under a character running in place, it gave the illusion of a camera {{pan}}, thus making him the inventor of the WraparoundBackground. |
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10 | Mr. Nolan also did a rare instructional book on how to draw newspaper comic characters in the 30's, which can be [[http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-draw-cartoons-old-school-way-by.html found here]], courtesy of UsefulNotes/AnimationResources. |
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13 | !List of Cartoons He Worked On: |
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15 | * Tad's Indoor Sports (1918) |
16 | * Tad's Little Daffydills (1918) |
17 | * Cupid's Advice (1920) |
18 | * Apollo (1920) |
19 | * Happy Hooldini (1920) |
20 | * A Romance of '76 (1920) |
21 | * Oil (1920) |
22 | * Roll Your Own (1921) |
23 | * A Close Shave (1921) |
24 | * Hot Dogs (1921) |
25 | * The Smoke Eater (1925) |
26 | * The Flight That Failed (1925) |
27 | * Hair Raiser (1925) |
28 | * A Uke-Calamity (1925) |
29 | * Bokays and Brickbatz (1925) |
30 | * Jams & Gems (1925) |
31 | * Monkey Business (1925) |
32 | * Battling For Barleycorn (1925) |
33 | * Punctured Romance (1925) |
34 | * The Ghost Fakir (1925) |
35 | * The Sucker Game (1925) |
36 | * Back To Batching (1925) |
37 | * Double Crossed (1925) |
38 | * Scents and Nonsense (1926) |
39 | * The Feather Pushers (1926) |
40 | * Cops Suey (1926) |
41 | * Puss and Boots (1926) |
42 | * Chicken Chaser (1926) |
43 | * East Is Best (1926) |
44 | * Shore Enough (1926) |
45 | * Watery Gravy (1926) |
46 | * Cheese It (1926) |
47 | * Dots and Dashes (1926) |
48 | * The Wrong Queue (1926) |
49 | * Gold Struck (1926) |
50 | * Horse Play (1927) |
51 | * Busy Birds (1927) |
52 | * Sharps and Flats (1927) |
53 | * Kiss Crossed (1927) |
54 | * Fool's Errand (1927) |
55 | * Stomach Trouble (1927) |
56 | * Hire A Hall (1927) |
57 | * Don Go On (1927) |
58 | * Burnt Up (1927) |
59 | * Night Owl (1927) |
60 | * The Rug (1927) |
61 | * On The Trail (1927) |
62 | * Passing the Hat (1927) |
63 | * Best Wishes (1927) |
64 | * Wild Rivals (1927) |
65 | * Topsy and Eva (1927) |
66 | * Film/KingOfJazz (1930): Worked on the animated segment of the film. |
67 | * The Singing Sap (1930): First work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio. An WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit short. |
68 | * The Detective (1930) |
69 | * The Fowl Ball (1930) |
70 | * The Navy (1930) |
71 | * Mexico (1930) |
72 | * Africa (1930) |
73 | * Alaska (1930) |
74 | * Mars (1930) |
75 | * China (1931) |
76 | * College (1931) |
77 | * Shipwreck (1931) |
78 | * The Farmer (1931) |
79 | * The Fireman (1931) |
80 | * Sunny South (1931) |
81 | * Country School (1931) |
82 | * The Bandmaster (1931) |
83 | * Northwoods (1931) |
84 | * Stone Age (1931) |
85 | * The Stone Age (1931) |
86 | * Radio Rhythm (1931) |
87 | * Kentucky Belles (1931) |
88 | * Hot Feet (1931) |
89 | * The Hunter (1931) |
90 | * Wonderland (1931) |
91 | * The Hare Mail (1931) |
92 | * The Fisherman (1931) |
93 | * The Clown (1931) |
94 | * Grandma's Pet (1932) |
95 | * Mechanical Man (1932) |
96 | * Wins Out (1932) |
97 | * Beau and Arrows (1932) |
98 | * Making Good (1932) |
99 | * Let's Eat (1932) |
100 | * The Winged Horse (1932) |
101 | * Cat Nipped (1932) |
102 | * A Wet Knight (1932) |
103 | * A Jungle Jumble (1932) |
104 | * Day Nurse (1932) |
105 | * The Athlete (1932) |
106 | * The Busy Barber (1932) |
107 | * Carnival Capers (1932) |
108 | * The Under Dog (1932) |
109 | * Wild and Woolly (1932) |
110 | * Teacher's Pests (1932) |
111 | * Merry Dog (1933) |
112 | * The Plumber (1933) |
113 | * The Terrible Trobadour (1933) |
114 | * The Shriek (1933) |
115 | * Going to Blazes (1933) |
116 | * Beau Best (1933) |
117 | * Nature's Workshop (1933) |
118 | * Ham and Eggs (1933) |
119 | * Pin Feathers (1933) |
120 | * Confidence (1933) |
121 | * Hot and Cold (1933) |
122 | * King Klunk (1933) |
123 | * Five and Dime (1933) |
124 | * The Zoo (1933) |
125 | * WesternAnimation/TheMerryOldSoul (1933) |
126 | * Parking Space (1933) |
127 | * Chicken Reel (1934) |
128 | * The Candy House (1934) |
129 | * County Fair (1934) |
130 | * Country Fair (1934) |
131 | * The Toy Shoppe (1934) |
132 | * Kings Up (1934) |
133 | * The Ginger Bread Boy (1934) |
134 | * Goldielocks and the Three Bears (1934) |
135 | * Annie Moved Away (1934) |
136 | * William Tell (1934) |
137 | * The Dizzy Dwarf (1934) |
138 | * Spring in the Park (1934): Last Lantz short he worked on. |
139 | * WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels (1939): Was an animator on the film. |
140 | * Poopdeck Pappy (1940): animation director ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} cartoon directed by him. |
141 | * Child Psykolojiky (1941): animation director |
142 | * The Flying Jeep (1946) |
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