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Abraham "Abe" Levitow (July 2, 1922 - May 8, 1975) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Levitow was born in Los Angeles, California. He began working as an in-betweener at Warner Brothers Studios in 1940. Levitow briefly left Warner Brothers when he was drafted during World War II, returning in 1945. He first received animation credit in 1953 while working under the direction of Chuck Jones. He worked steadily for Jones over the remainder of the 1950s, and directed several cartoons for release in 1959, including the Pepe Le Pew cartoon "Really Scent". While working under Jones, he made characters' joints more angular than most other animators. Those characters with fur (Wile E. Coyote, for example) looked especially shaggy in Levitow's scenes.
In 1961, he moved to UPA and directed a series of Dick Tracy cartoons. Then in 1962, he directed the first feature-length animated television special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. 1962 also saw the release of his theatrical feature Gay Purr-ee, with the voices of Robert Goulet, Judy Garland, and others. By 1965, he was working with Jones at MGM as an animator and a director in the Tom and Jerry series. He co-directed the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth with Chuck Jones at MGM. In addition, he worked with UPA on more Mr. Magoo cartoons, including The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo. He animated on the Chuck Jones-produced A Christmas Carol, directed by Richard Williams at Williams' London studio in 1971. His last completed project was B.C.: The First Thanksgiving in 1973. At the time of his death on May 8, 1975, Levitow was in line to direct the animated feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. The project was taken over by Richard Williams when Levitow unexpectedly died during pre-production at the age of 52.
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A short excerpt from Richard William's animated adaptation of "A Christmas Carol". Many of the scenes with The Ghost of Christmas Present were animated by long-time Warner Bros. animator Abe Levitow.
"Mewsette en Paris" (Gay Purr-ee), (Estados Unidos, 1962) Dirigida por Abe Levitow (Cortos de Tom & Jerry) y estelarizada por la voz de Judy Garland (en el lenguaje original) Warner Bros. y United Productions of America (UPA). Extracto de la película donde Mewsette es dibujada por varios artistas donde se muestran las diferentes técnicas para esto.
None of the animation and audio in the video is mine. Clip taken from The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), directed by Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow, and Dave Monahan. Music segment taken from Imma Try It Out by Skrillex. This video was produced by Russell and Jessica Kennedy.
From 1967, the animated opening and closing to the ABC-TV movie anthology series, "Off to See the Wizard". Chuck Jones was executive producer, Abe Levitow was producer and director, and the voices were done by Daws Butler, June Foray and Mel Blanc. Unfortunately, the closing in this clip ends early.
The excellent 1971 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic. Animated in the style of 1800s engravings by the great Richard Williams Studio. Featuring the voices of Alistair Sim Michael Redgrave and Michael Hordern reprising his 1951 performance as Marley's Ghost . Animation by Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, among others. Produced by Chuck Jones. This film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for 1972
From the Archives of Sesame Workshop in New York City, retrieved with purchase by Heather Ferreira, "All", from The Electric Company. This clip homages Stanley Kubrick's film the most closely of all made, and I consider this the best of the 2001 segments CTW commissioned. It is still unknown who animated each segment. This one resembles the work of Abe Levitow and Chuck Jones of SIB Tower 12, but neither the Levitow children nor Linda Jones-Clough is exactly certain it was, yet. The research continues!
Models by me. The Motion and song is not by me. Pepe Le Pew is created by chuck jones Kinthia by me, Chuck Jones, and Abe Levitow
Road Runner é um personagem de desenho animado criado em 1949 por Chuck Jones para os estúdios Warner Bros. Um dos mais conhecidos Looney Tunes, é baseado em animais reais nativos dos desertos do sudoeste americano, o galo-corredor. Personagens: Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, Papa-Léguas, Ralph Phillips, Ralph's friend, ACME Commercial Announcer Direção: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble, Rudy Larriva, Phil Monroe, Abe Levitow, Tom Ray Produtoras: Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
On one whole bottle "uplifting"
there is no telling what i'll do
run head first into traffic
(with) a mind set of annihilation
No sense makes sense
you can't get bought without thought
no sense makes sense
you can't get bought without thought inside of your head now
(chorus) uplift - uplifting (x2)
On hallucinogenic "uplift"
i can step out of my body
(find that) religion is in myself
i'll split my head in two and see you twice
No sense makes sense
you can't get bought without thought
no sense makes sense
you can't get bought without thought inside of your head now
(chorus) uplift - uplifting (x2)
Give me alcohol extremeties
instead of proofless (101) christianity
drink deep in a coma state
critics disgusted, but a smile is on my fucking face
i do anything that i want
i get everything that i ask
and if this message bothers you, you know
just kiss my fucking asshole