What do Franklin
Roosevelt, Dr. Seuss, the U.S. Navy, and Mr. Magoo have in common? They
are all part of the surprising story of the pioneering cartoon studio
UPA (United Productions of America). Throughout the 1950s, a group of
artists ran a business that broke all the rules, pushing animated films
beyond the fluffy fantasy of the Walt Disney Studio and the crash-bang
anarchy of Warner Bros. Instead, UPA's films were innovative and
graphically bold--the cartoon equivalent to modern art. When Magoo Flew
is the first book-length study to chronicle the complete story of this
unique American enterprise. The book features cameo appearances by
Aldous Huxley, James Thurber, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet,
Jim Backus, Eddie Albert, and Woody Allen, as well as a select
filmography of the best of UPA.
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