Animation &Animation Artifacts &Frame Grabs &UPA 22 May 2012 06:55 am
Nelly Bly’s Twisted Arms
This is one of my favorite scenes of all time. Nelly Bly is on the witness stand, and she’s constantly straightening herself out as she gets deeper and deeper into her side of the story. Grim Natwick’s animation is perfect, and John Hubley’s direction and design is even better. The judge, behind her, couldn’t be better positioned.
This is a great cartoon, possibly UPA’s best. It lost the Oscar to The Two Mousketeers, a Tom and Jerry cartoon, and not even a particularly good Tom and Jerry cartoon. It would take another ten years before AMPAS ruled that you had to see the short films to be able to vote on them.
I tried to include this scene with its soundtrack, but it took longer than I could afford to give it.
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The bump in the middle is a hold wherein there’s a
camera move. I replaced it with a short dissolve.
on 22 May 2012 at 11:00 am 1.David Nethery said …
For anyone who doesn’t have the DVD for easy reference, here is a direct jump to the scene at the 3:50 mark, with sound (posted on YouTube) –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37B7uRuURXs&feature=player_detailpage#t=229s
on 19 Jun 2012 at 10:15 pm 2.Nicholas Pozega said …
I knew it, I just KNEW Grim Natwick did this scene, when i first rewatched this short! Glad to know its a fact!
Which characters did Art Babbitt and Pat Matthews animate on?