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Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion (1998)

Glossary of terms commonly encountered in the classic Warner Brothers cartoons.

Davis, alas, fell victim to the cost-cutting that wracked Hollywood after the so-called “Paramount Decrees” which broke up the close integration between production, distribution, and exhibition that large studios like Warner Brothers had depended upon. de Havilland was also the actress responsible for the lawsuit that resulted in a landmark decision that set the outside limit of a studio-player contract at seven years, including suspension periods, striking a blow to the old studio system. The comic strip was famous for elaborately designed villains, such as Flattop Jones, The Blank, and Pruneface -- referred to by Bugs in The Old Grey Hare(Clampett, 1944) and Daffy in Porky Pig’s Feat(Tashlin, 1943) -- whose physiques matched their monikers.

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