#romeo muller

[male1971]

The Rankin/Bass production of The Hobbit

#the hobbit #j.r.r. tolkien #jules bass #arthur rankin jr #romeo muller #maury laws #john huston #orson bean #paul frees #hans conried #otto preminger #don messick #lord of the rings #lotr

[classicfilmpunk]

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

#rudolph the red nosed reindeer #larry roemer #romeo muller #1964 #my edit

[formerlibrarian]

Puff the Magic Dragon book and television special written by Romeo Muller

The same writer/creator behind these Rankin/Bass specials:

And many, many more!

Puff the Magic Dragon song by Peter, Paul, and Mary

#romeo muller #puff the magic dragon #peter paul and mary #rankin/bass

[cinesludge]

Movie #9 of 2023: The Hobbit

#the hobbit #jules bass #arthur rankin jr. #j.r.r. tolkien #romeo muller #maury laws #animation #english #1977 #09 #35mm #adventure #fantasy #musical

[uncomfywave]

#matching pfps #matching profile pictures #my gif #aesthetic #movie gif #1970s #70s #1970s cinema #1970 #stop motion #christmas #nostalgia #70s nostalgia #romeo muller #santa claus is comin' to town

[bunnziebobcat]

Fan Art Friday - Puff the Magic Dragon

This week's #FanArtFriday features Puff the Magic Dragon, as Romeo Muller, Charles Swenson, and Fred Wolf see him.

We'll miss you, Lenny Lipton. - Al.

#fanartfriday #bunnziebobcat #tribute #lenny lipton #puff the magic dragon #romeo muller #charles swenson #fred wolf #dragon

[storybursts]

The Christmas Special Day 6: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970)

The Christmas Special Day 6: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970)

Directors: Jules Rankin & Arthur Bass Writer: Romeo Muller Cast: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester, the Westminster Children’s Choir Plot: Friendly mailman S.D. Kluger (Fred Astaire) has once again rounded up a cart full of letters about Santa Claus. To answer all the questions at once, he decides to share with us the story of Santa’s life. Years…

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#1970 #Animation #Arthur Rankin Jr. #Burgermeister Meisterburger #Christmas #Fred Astaire #Joan Gardner #Jules Bass #Keenan Wynn #Mickey Rooney #Paul Frees #Rankin and Bass #Robie Lester #Romeo Muller #Santa Claus #Santa Claus is Comin&039; to Town #Stop Motion #Topper the Penguin #Westminster Children’s Choir

[frenchcurious]

Hermann Muller (Auto Union C 6.0 v16) suivi de près par Tazio Nuvolari (Alfa Romeo 12C 4.1 v12) Coppa Ciano, Livourne 1937. - source UK Racing History.

#tazio nuvolari #hermann muller #auto union #alfa romeo #coppa ciano #livourne

[retromania4ever]

1937 Coppa Ciano, Livourne🏁

Hermann Muller 🇨🇭(Auto Union C 6.0 v16) followed by Tazio Nuvolari 🇮🇹 (Alfa Romeo 12C 4.1 v12)

#tazio nuvolari #italiano #vintage car #antique car #supercar #automobile #old car

[clairelsonao3]

OC Name Meanings Tag

Thanks to @starlit-hopes-and-dreams (post here) and @mysticstarlightduck (post here) for this one that I've been looking forward to for weeks! I'm a total name nerd and am obsessed with name meanings as well as new, trendy, odd, and/or obscure names (too bad many of these started out as generic placeholders!)

For obvious reasons, though, I can't help but wish you'd waited a bit longer to tag me in this. 🤣 But, here goes.

Some very minor spoilers here for Ch. 16 onward.

Louisa is German for "famous warrior," a surprisingly strong name, but, then again, this is a girl who has a way of surprising people with her strength. It's also one of the many, many girls' names I've had a crush on for years, and one of the many I probably won't ever use for my own (eventual) child. So I gave it to my fictional child instead. 🥹🥹

I established in an earlier tag game that she was named after both her maternal and paternal grandfathers (Louis and Daniel). So for the rest of her name, we have Danielle (Hebrew: "God is my judge," and Phillips (Greek: "horse-lover") (and literally the first surname that popped into my head as a placeholder, and I'm very annoyed because it's so common. Oh, well.)

Maeve is interesting. She should have a Luxembourgish name, but she's not one for convention. So the name is actually Irish, for "she who rules" and Maeve, a lover of fantasy stories, chose it herself after the mythological warrior queen. It's also a variant of Mab, Shakespeare's Queen of the Fairies, made famous in Mercutio's soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet. Conveniently, we haven't gotten around to learning her surname yet.

Erica is Norse for "eternal ruler," and Muller is German for "miller." Another name that started as basically a placeholder, but I've come around to it.

Milagros (Spanish: "miracles") who, in a plot point of sorts, named herself, has the full name of María de los Milagros de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt-Muller, chosen to honor an obscure Spanish astronomer who discovered Ulloa's ring aka the fog bow: Antonio de Ulloa (and hyphenated with Muller, obviously, for her wife). Interestingly, María de los Milagros is one of many Marian titles, meaning it's a Catholic name commonly used in Latin America referring to the Virgin Mary aka "Our Lady of the Miracles," though knowing Milagros, that's definitely not why she chose it.

Keith (Scottish: "wood") and Corey (Irish: "from the hollow") have the dubious honor of being the two most bland, generic, white-bread male names I could think of at the moment I created the characters. 🤣 Killeen is Irish and a variant of O Cillin, referring to St. Killian, the patron saint of rheumatism. But actually, it was just stolen from a friend of a friend; it seemed rare enough that no one would be offended when I used it for the worst character in the story. 🤣

And in case anyone remembers or cares that Lou's mom's name is Zoe, it's Greek for "life."

Jacob is of course a variant of James (Hebrew: "supplanter"), and I lazily stole Wallach from old-timey Western actor Eli Wallach, who was best known for playing the bad guy in The Magnificent Seven. But I mostly chose the surname, again, because I'd never heard it anywhere else, so, less chance of offending anyone. And before I knew he was going to be German. Luckily the name IS German, from valche, meaning "foreigner from a Romance country, usually Italy." Yeah, I'm confused too.

Resi/Tresa are German variations of Theresa (Greek: "late summer.") Hahn is also German, meaning "conceited, flamboyant, or sexually active." Really.

Felix (Latin: "happy") and Arlo (multiple origins, all relating to "hill") were chosen because they're two currently trendy baby names that I hate, hate, hate. (No offense to anyone who named their kid that, lol). And their surnames, which were only mentioned once and I'm not bothering to look up the meaning of, were chosen because they're two prominent family names on the island where I live, as kind of an in-joke.

Lemaya: As far as I can tell, it's made up (but not by me!) Maya has a ton of different meanings in various languages, the most common being Sanskrit, "illusion or magic."

Obadiah: (Hebrew: "servant of God"). I'll leave that there.

And that's pretty much everybody -- oh, wait. I'm missing someone? Imagine that. 😅

Okay. I'll tell you what. Because this is a post about names and I'm feeling cute, I'll leave you with a couple of hints: his first name is of Hebrew origin and was chosen for both sound and meaning.

I'll try gently tagging the following:

@romanceandshenanigans @janec23 @lucylyricism Would love to find out where your OCs' names came from!

#oc names #tag game #gsnbtr #my writing #writeblr

[filmnoirfoundation]

NOIR CITY 20 at Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre Day 8: THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (7:00) & MOONRISE (9:00). Hosted by Eddie Muller. Full festival information and tickets: www.NoirCity.com

Thursday • January 26

DOUBLE FEATURE

7:00 PM

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT

One of Hollywood's great directorial debuts is a deeply-felt, richly detailed adaptation of Anderson's classic depression-era novel—a crime story that's really about love struggling to survive in a cruel, unforgiving world. Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell are memorable as film noir's version of Romeo and Juliet, surrounded by menacing supporting players Howard Da Silva, Jay C. Flippen, and Helen Craig. First released overseas, the film didn't get a wide release in the U.S. until late 1948. It's now considered one the finest noir films ever made.

Originally released August, 1948 (London). RKO Radio Pictures [Warner Bros.], 95 minutes. Screenplay by Charles Schnee and Nicholas Ray, from the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. Produced by John Houseman. Directed by Nicholas Ray.

9:00 PM

MOONRISE

Relentlessly romantic optimist Frank Borzage is the last director you'd expect to turn out an effective film noir, but this brilliantly directed drama was his sound-era masterpiece. Dane Clark gives a bruised and brooding performance as a young man convinced that his father's "bad blood" has sealed his miserable fate. Can he be saved by the love of angelic Gail Russell? Featuring strong supporting performances by Ethel Barrymore, Rex Ingram, Lloyd Bridges, and Harry Morgan.

Restored 35mm print courtesy of UCLA Film and Television Archive

Originally released October 1, 1948. Republic Pictures, 90 minutes. Screenplay by Charles F. Haas, based on the novel by Theodore Strauss. Produced by Charles F. Haas. Directed by Frank Borzage.

#they live by night #Farley Granger #cathy o'donnell #nicholas ray #moonrise #dane clark #gail russell #frank borzage #35mm restoration #film noir #noir city #eddie muller #film noir festival #noir city 20

[princesssarisa]

A Christmas Carol Holiday Season: "The Stingiest Man in Town" (1978 animated musical)

Even though the original 1956 telecast of the musical The Stingiest Man in Town went unseen for decades after its original airing, the musical itself wasn't lost to the public. Rankin/Bass, the company behind such classic Christmas specials as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and more, produced this animated remake in 1978. While not very well-known today, it still has the appeal of childhood nostalgia for me: in the '90s, it used to air on The Disney Channel, and I remember watching it.

This cartoon special features the same tuneful lineup of Broadway-style songs by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre as the original 1956 musical: "Holly-Ho," "An Old-Fashioned Christmas," "The Stingiest Man in Town," "I Wear a Chain," "Golden Dreams," "It Might Have Been," "The Christmas Spirit," "Yes, There Is a Santa Claus," "One Little Boy," "The Birthday Party of the King," and "Mankind Should Be My Business." But in place of Janice Torre's original script is a new teleplay by Rankin/Bass mainstay writer Romeo Muller. He introduces one major change, clearly meant to appeal to children. The story is now told by a chubby Jiminy Cricket-like insect named B.A.H. Humbug (voiced by Tom Bosley), who not only narrates, often using Dickens's original words, but plays a semi-interactive role throughout the action. I suspect that he helped to inspire the similar role played by Gonzo-as-Charles Dickens in The Muppet Christmas Carol fourteen years later.

As a whole, this production might be too much aimed at children for many Dickens lovers. Especially because Scrooge (voiced by and drawn to resemble Walter Matthau) is less of the hard, sharp businessman Dickens wrote and more of a cartoon bully at first. Rankin/Bass's signature animation style, with its lumpy, large-headed character designs, certainly won't suit all tastes either, though it does have a warm, innocent appeal; nor will the American accents of the starry voice cast. But all the same, there's charm. The story is told in a way that's easy for children to understand, yet hits all the emotional beats. The scenes involving Marley's Ghost (Theodore Bikel) are genuinely spooky; the doomed romance of Young Scrooge (Robert Morse) and Belle (Shelby Flint) is genuinely poignant. All the voice actors – who also include Dennis Day as Fred and Paul Frees as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present – give solid performances, and the songs are just as memorable as they were in 1956.

A definitive Christmas Carol this isn't, but it would be a fine introduction to the story for children. As far as I'm concerned, it's a worthwhile addition to the cartoon Christmas special lineup.

@ariel-seagull-wings, @thealmightyemprex, @faintingheroine, @reds-revenge, @thatscarletflycatcher

#a christmas carol holiday season #the stingiest man in town #1978 #rankin bass #animation #animated special #musical #walter matthau

[edgecastlema]

Who’s most wanted ?

so glad you asked ! below the read more (it got prettyyyy long) is a list of the admin team's most wanted characters. members, feel free to reply with who you would love to see around here ! <3

lydia, jane, lizzie, and kitty bennet, fitzwilliam darcy, charles bingley (pride and prejudice)

johanna mason, annie cresta, haymitch abernathy (the hunger games)

stever rogers, natasha romanoff, bucky barnes, sam willson, pietro maximoff, matt murdock, luke cage, scott summers, jean grey, felicia hardy, reed richards, laura kinney, and kate bishop (marvel multiverse)

bilbo baggins, frodo baggins, samwise gamgee, aragorn, peregrin took, meriadoc brandybuck, thorin oakenshield (the tolkienverse)

percy jackson, annabeth chase, piper mcclean, jason grace, thalia grace, ethan nakamura, grover underwood, selena beauregard, rachel elizabeth dare, clarisse la rue, leo valdez, hazel levesque, frank zhang, reyna avila ramirez-arellano, carter and sadie kane, zia rashid (riordanverse)

sansa, arya, robb, and brandon stark, jon snow, gendry waters, davos seaworth, theon greyjoy, samwell tarly, margaery and loris tyrell, rhaenyra, daemon, aemond, helaena targaryen, laena, corlys, jacaerys, laenor valeryon, harwin strong (a song of ice and fire universe)

romeo montague, juliet capulet, mercutio, benvolio, paris, and rosaline (romeo and juliet)

the baudelaire orphans, the denoument triplets, the snickets, beatrice, esme squalor, and montgomery montgomery (a series of unfortunate events)

lorelai gilmore, rory gilmore, dean forrester, jess mariano, luke danes, paris geller, logan huntzberger, and lane kim (gilmore girls)

the core four (sam, tara, chad, and mindy), sidney prescott, gale weathers, randy meeks, dewey riley, kirby reed, and jill roberts (scream franchise)

zion miller, georgia miller, ginny miller, marcus baker, maxine baker, and abby littman (ginny and georgia)

sienna shaw (terrifier 2)

sally hardesty and vanita "stretch" brock (texas chainsaw franchise)

clear rivers, alex browning, wendy christensen, the ashleys, and erin ulmer (final destination franchise)

pete "the plug" conlan, ricky matsui, misty moore, kingston brown, adaine abernant, gorgug thistlespring, fabian seacaster, ragh barkrock, riz gukgak, delloso de la rue, ayda aguefort, the lords of the wing, evan kelmp, whitney jammer, sam butler, xXBrokenDreamXx, cody walsh, jet rocks, ruby rocks, amethar rocks, and theobald gumbar (dimension 20)

chris redfield, claire redfield, jill valentine, leon s kennedy, jake muller, sherry birkin, carlos oliveira, and ashley graham (resident evil)

#scream rp #got rp #pjo rp #lotr rp #dimension 20 rp #resident evil rp #mw

[hekate1308]

25 Days Of A Christmas Carol December 5.1: The Stingiest Man In Town (1978)

directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., written by Romeo Muller, starring Walter Matthau

What a lovely place to meet - welcome to the merry household of the kindest and most generous man in town, Ebeneezer Scrooge. You're surprised I called Scrooge kind and generous? Well, you can take my word for it. Who am I? The London Humbug, of course. B. A. H. Humbug, to be precise.

#25acc #a christmas carol #the stingiest man in town #the stingiest man in town 1978 #walter matthau #why 5.1 you ask? #wait and see #tbh this is just cute

[cartoon-and-animal-lover]

There are a lot of crazy connections in animation, and here are some of my favorites.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Last Unicorn were both produced by Rankin-Bass, and it’s honestly kind of funny considering that when you watch them both back to back.

However, TLU was animated by Topcraft, which was a Japanese studio that later animated Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind before evolving into Studio Ghibli. So that means there’s a direct link between Rudolph and Princess Mononoke. 

Plus, some of RB’s stop-motion animators also worked on a film from 1979 called Nutcracker Fantasy, including Tadahito Mochinaga, the animation director on most of the sixties stuff like Rudolph. It has a very similar style to the stop-motion RB specials, but was actually produced by Sanrio. So there’s also a direct link from Rudolph to Aggretsuko. 

Romeo Muller wrote the majority of the Rankin-Bass stuff, but he also did work for Fred Wolf Films, including writing all three Puff the Magic Dragon specials. And Fred Wolf Films also provided the animation for The Mouse and His Child, another Sanrio film. 

Oh, and both Rankin-Bass AND Sanrio have a direct link to Osamu Tezuka as well. Like, you probably already know Sanrio produced both Unico films, which were adaptations of Tezuka’s work. But Mushi Productions, the same studio that animated a lot of Tezuka shows like Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, animated Frosty the Snowman for Rankin-Bass!

Speaking of Unico, both films were animated by Madhouse, which later made a lot of really edgy and mature anime like Ninja Scroll, Perfect Blue, Death Note, and Black Lagoon. 

Before starting up Mushi Productions, Tezuka briefly worked for Toei Animation. Toei is a studio you know best for stuff like Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, and One Piece, but they also did some outsourced work for some American studios back in the day, including some work for Rankin-Bass (again!), and the eighties My Little Pony series. Oh, and Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata did work there early on, so there’s another Ghibli connection.

Speaking of My Little Pony, the G1 series (along with other Hasbro cartoons like Transformers and G.I. Joe) was produced by Marvel Productions, which was actually directly spun off from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, the studio that produced both the Pink Panther cartoons and most of the seventies Dr. Seuss specials like The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax. If DePatie-Freleng’s name sounds familiar, that’s because one of the founders was famed Looney Tunes director Friz Freleng. So I guess MLP has a connection to both Dr. Seuss AND Looney Tunes. 

I could go on and on, and maybe I will in an eventual reblog, but I think you get the point by now. 

#rankin-bass #topcraft #studio ghibli #sanrio #fred wolf films #osamu tezuka #madhouse #mushi production #toei animation #hasbro #marvel productions #depatie-freleng enterprises

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Top Ten Favorite Graphic Novels of 2022:

I only read 59 graphic novels this year a steep decrease in titles. Normally I’ve been reliant on my library to provide me with books, but they haven’t been buying very many these days forcing to become more reliant on publishing house schedules and other methods of discovering new titles.  

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness Kristen Radtke (2021)

My very favorite graphic novel was the second book I read way back in January of this year.  Kristen Radtke wrote a dissertation on loneliness that provides facts and statistics about how prevalent loneliness is in America.  Who knew loneliness can kill you?  The most shocking thing Radtke does is talk about her bout with loneliness, something that most people would be hesitant to share.  This is an amazing book and the fact it is a graphic novel means far too many people will not read it when it is as qualified to be read as any nonfiction tome that doesn’t include cartoons to make its point.  

The remaining books in my Top Ten:

Sculptor Scott McCloud (2015)

David Smith has made a deal with another chess playing version of Death who happens to be his Uncle Harry.  In order to be remembered solely for his artwork, he has agreed to die in 200 days from the day the deal is struck. We all know how Faustian bargains work out and this one is no different.  A wonderful book about the importance of art and the power that art plays in our lives.

Romeo and Juliet Matt Wiegle (2008)

Macbeth Ken Hoshine (2008)

Hamlet Neil Babra (2008)

Of course I have a trio of books I’m counting as one.  All three of these graphic novels come from No Fear Shakespeare.  Readers of this tumblr know well my foibles with Shakespeare.  I’m here to say if No Fear Shakespeare published graphic novels of all 38 of his plays I would snap them all up and ditch my copy of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare in a heartbeat.  I’m a visual guy and these graphic novels convey Shakespeare’s plays as well as Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (a samurai take on Macbeth).  

 Jane Aline Brosh McKenna and Ramón K Pérez (2017)

If No Fear Shakespeare can’t ignite interest in the plays of Shakespeare, let’s hope that Jane, a modern update on Charlotte Brontë’s great novel Jane Eyre, gets new readers to investigate classic literature.  This new update changes nothing about the story: Jane comes to the big city (NYC, so less) to tend to a child for a mysterious man with a foul temper who has something lurking in his upstairs.  Great artwork (Peréz), great writing (McKenna) and a powerful story. What would Brontë think about her story still being told in a new medium (compared to classic literature) 175 years later?

Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands Kate Beaton (2022)

Kate Beaton tells a powerful true story about what happened to her when she decides to go to work simply for the money to pay off her student loans after graduation before she moves on to her chosen field.  She opts for the high paying work that takes place in Canada’s oil sands in Alberta, a remote world inhabited primarily by men much older and stronger than Kate.  What could possibly go wrong?  If only people weren’t so condescending about graphic novels, they would discover tomes like this (436 pages) which reveal how one person dealt with horrible conditions and exorcised them though the retelling of this story.  

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film Catel & Bocquet (2022)

Kiki De Montparnasse Catel & Bocquet (2011)

Josephine Baker Catel & Bocquet (2017)

Catel Muller and José-Louis Bocquet (artist and author respectively) are French and they write graphic novels about important French artists.  Alice Guy is an important silent film director who was almost written out of history (see the documentary Be Natural for more information). Alice Prin aka Kiki was muse to the likes of French painters such as Man Ray (who was her lover for years), Jean Cocteau, Fujita Tsuguharu and Moise Kisling among others, but she was also an actress, a painter, a musician and she appears in countless movies, photographs, paintings and sculptures.  Josephine Baker wasn’t French, she was American but it was the French who knew what to do with her.  I wrote off Baker after seeing two of her films.  She seemed to have the most annoying schtick in every film: crossing her eyes, wagging her tongue and doing the Charleston in film after film.  However, this book tells you the importance of Ms Baker. It changed my mind about Baker.  Catel & Bocquet write some incredibly interesting books and I will now read whatever else they write and draw from this point on.  

Acting Class Nick Drnaso (2022)

Absolutely the most unsettling book on this list.  Drnaso wrote the equally unsettling Sabrina (about a woman who suffers great loss only to be hounded by people who claim it is all staged). In Acting Class you aren’t entirely sure what is wrong you just know something isn’t right.  A group of disparate strangers enroll in an acting class and they all bond together.  However, their teacher is an odd character but then so are several of the students. Drnaso knows how to make his reader extremely uncomfortable and that only makes for powerful reading.  (And yes, pay attention to the drawings because you will see clues as to how to distinguish everyone because sometimes in this hugely populated book, you might feel you aren’t able to keep the characters straight.  But you can.)

In. Will McPhail (2021)

This book contains my favorite artwork in all of these novels.  McPhail has a simple style that is far more complicated that you might think at first.  This is a look at a man, Nick Moss, who is an artist who has difficulty connecting with people and saying meaningful things.  He feels as if all his conversations are superficial and that he connects with no one because he is predominantly preoccupied with himself. When he finally does connect with people he knows and so will the reader.  This is one of those quiet books that shouldn’t be overlooked.

Revolution In Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay and Julien Eltinge David Hadju & John Carey (2021)

In which we learn there is nothing new under the sun that hasn’t already been done before.  Here, we follow three actors from the early 1900s and all three were actual people who performed on stage.  Bert Williams was a black actor who refused to perform in blackface, Eva Tanguay was an actress who believed women should be as free with their sexuality as men are. She dressed in men’s clothes (to shock and provoke) and she openly slept with both men and women.  Julien Eltinge dressed like a woman and his act saw him simply coming on stage winking at men and stripping, never uttering a word. His strip tease drove men crazy because they thought he was a she.  Once they discovered she was a he, things got a little bit crazy.  

Missing in Action:

Black Hole Charles Burns (2005)

Originally published as 12 comics between 1995 and 2005, it focuses on a group of high school kids in Seattle in the mid 1970s who contract a deforming mutation to their bodies following sexual intercourse with someone who already has “the Bug” as it is referred to. In usual Charles Burns fashion it is poignant, complex and extremely cleverly written and the artwork is fantastic. Burns might just be one of my very favorite artists working in the medium today.