You may have noticed while watching Fleischer's cartoons that all of the cartoons with a directors credit list Dave Fleischer, or Izzy Sparber/Seymour Kneitel on most Famous Studios cartoons. While they may be listed as directors, in actuality the real director is the top animator credited. The people listed as directors were more like production supervisors than directors. The top animator listed usually had much more to do with the making of the cartoon than the credited director. To show you this we'll look at two different Popeye cartoons. One from Fleischer's, and one from Famous Studios.
So for instance 1935's "Choose Your "Weppins"" Dave Tendlar is really the director.
1953's "Shaving Muggs" it's Tom Johnson. Tom Johnson directed many of the Famous Studios shorts from this period until the end of the series in 1957.
That's about it really just a tip, and fun fact for those who didn't know, and love these golden age cartoons like I do.
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