Manny Gould

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Manny Gould
Born
Emanuel Gould

(1904-05-30)May 30, 1904
New York City, New York
U.S.
DiedJuly 19, 1975(1975-07-19) (aged 71)
Los Angeles, California
U.S.
Other namesM. Gould
Occupationanimator, writer, director
Years active1925-1974
EmployerScreen Gems (1925–1941)
Warner Bros. Cartoons (1943–1950)
Jerry Fairbanks Productions (1947-1950s)
DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1965-1973)
Bakshi Productions (1973-1974)
Relatives4

Emanuel Gould (May 30, 1904 – July 19, 1975) was an American animated cartoonist from the 1920s to the 1970s, best known for his contributions as a director, writer and animator for Screen Gems, and solely an animator for Warner Bros. Cartoons and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.[1]

Career[]

Manny Gould began his career as a teenager working for several New York-based animation studios. He would later partner with Ben Harrison to form Harrison-Gould studios (later evolved into Charles Mintz Studios and Screen Gems), and went on to produce the Krazy Kat cartoons after taking Bill Nolan’s place as directors. Charles Mintz also provided his role as producer. Gould, Harrison, and Mintz later moved their studio to Los Angeles in 1930.[2] Also going with him were his sister Martha Barbara Gould and brothers Louis R., Allen, and Will Gould, a sports cartoonist for the Bronx Home News who drew the syndicated strip Red Barry in the 1930s and became a television and movie screenwriter.[3][4] Gould would continue to work for the studio until 1941, presumable due to him being laid off.

Gould, along with Arthur Davis, Lou Lilly and Frank Tashlin, arrived at the Warner Brothers cartoon studio in 1943 where he worked as an animator for Bob Clampett. He would animate Clampett's most renowned shorts such as Buckaroo Bugs (1944), Baby Bottleneck (1946), The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) and The Big Snooze (1946). Clampett however, left Warner Bros. in May 1945, and his unit was given to Arthur Davis. Gould would animate Davis' first three shorts until he moved to Robert McKimson's unit in 1947. He would also briefly return to Screen Gems to work on the cartoon Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard.

Gould’s style at the time was very unique, as it focused greatly on rubber hose-like movement and strong character acting.

Gould was hired in 1947 by Jerry Fairbanks Productions as a director for its animation department,[5] where Lilly had gone to head the story department. His last credited cartoon at Warner Bros. was released in 1949, with The Windblown Hare, with his final contribution being A Fractured Leghorn in 1950, where he was left uncredited. Lilly formed his own commercial animation company in 1952 and by the late 1950s hired Gould to be his animation director.

Later Career and Death[]

In 1964, Gould returned to full-time animation, beginning with the Warner Bros. commercial department. He would also animate the Linus The Lionhearted television cartoons for Ed Graham Productions. Gould’s biggest contribution during this time period was his role as an animator for DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, where he would work on The Pink Panther, The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads and the Dr. Seuss animated adaptions. He also worked on the cartoon features Heavy Traffic and The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat for Ralph Bakshi.

Gould died of cancer on July 19, 1975, a week before his interview with Milton Gray.

References[]

  1. ^ van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz (1916), "The Judgment of Solomon", Original Drawings, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 96–96, ISBN 978-94-015-1562-7, retrieved 2021-05-21
  2. ^ Whitton, Donald C. (July 1986). "ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA 1786–1940. Edan Milton Hughes". Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America. 5 (2): 91–91. doi:10.1086/adx.5.2.27947590. ISSN 0730-7187.
  3. ^ "Will Gould". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  4. ^ "Gould, Thomas William, (28 Dec. 1914–6 Dec. 2001), Lieutenant RNR retired", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2021-05-21
  5. ^ "Dark, Sidney, (1874–11 Oct. 1947)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, retrieved 2021-05-21

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