the exposure sheet, hanna-barbera october 1967
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A newsletter of Hanna-Barbera cartoon studiosTRANSCRIPT
The Hanna"Barbera
Exposure SheetOCTOBER I9i i7
o I I A N N A B A R B I R i \H O t L - Y W O ( ) l ) .
P R O D U C T I O N S . I N C .( A L - I I ' O R N I A VOL I , NO. 1
Miss Jones Sings,Leaves for TourThroughout Japan
Aetore leavng on an eght -weeklour o f Japan, Gera ld ine , lones , ceparn ter , sang a par r n9 fa rewe I rnStud o B to her many f . rends a i l l an .a
N,4 ss Jones . who e . leda lned dunngthe onch hour w rh "Peop ie 'Son.y . ''My
FunnV Va en l ne ' and o ther tunessard she has
'deve loped a t remendo!s
In reres l In ' ran tng and the peopewhre work ing a t Hanna aarbera
W h r e o n r o u r , s h e w i l t a v e w i r hJ l2 pece or . fes l ra appear ina In a lmaror o res o t Japr r She sard s l iehad an op t ron fo r an .dd l ona e qhrweeks
'wh lch mrghr ex len . l lhc lo l r
to r . . ude Hona l Kong and Ausr r3 a 'A na t ive o f Ba,nb ,dgc . Gcors ,a .
M ss Jones sard she does no t havc alo rm6l m!s c educs l on Howevef , rh shas no t s iowed her career She prolessona i ly sngs b l les iazz pops and
She was s rngrng In Jacksonv i le ,F lo rda when the Care Ward GospeSrngefs asked her to jo rn lher r g ro lpShe accep led , and toored wr th thcmIor Ive years appearns ar rhe FoyaHawaian , Drsney land. Me lody andTheat re and o lher en te(a nment spots
S h e s r I s i n g s w t h t h e C . r e W a r dSingers whene!er rhey recorn
First Voice Recordings
LIIERA IURE'S' PER ENNIAL YAUNG STE RSReadnq s .opy at the Erpos''e Sheet aE lteft|a ryh. Ke,n s.hLxz' ' 'Ton s
Ihat.he/ and MrchEet Shea,
Painter MarriesSi F fa .c s Xav e ' Church n B l r
ba .k was the se t t ing ths month io ithe mar iage o l Bonny a fooks , Ink .and P! rn i depar tment , to Pau l Nord nLN!p ia i Mass was sung a i noon on
Th€ b fde was a t tended by JudyJackson Pau Machet t was ihe b i rde
The co lp le l roneymooned 10 .lour days a1 rhe qeser t in . LasVegas The bndegroom s empoyed by the Teephone Compa.y
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;if 1Jones. tnk and Paint deetsht week sinsihs tbul
Completed for 'Huck Finn'12 Voice ActorsWrap 5 Episodes
Tweve voce ac io rs were se t lh rsmon lh to vorce lhe f rs l f ve o i 20vorce record ing sess o .s fo r HanfaEa lbera Prod!c to .s
'The New Advenrures o i H !ck Frnn
' combina l ion
l rve /an maled ser ies fo r NBC TV s68 69 pnme t me seaso.
sess lons were compeled n Stud ioa a t F .nna Lrarbera s Ho l rywoodstudros under the d re . ion a fd s !perv rs ron o f execut ve producerJosephEarbera , Io r rhe "L t t le Peop le , " "Eye
of Ooorgan. ' 'Cas te o f Ev , l . ' "Curse
of Th ! f ' and "P ra le l s land "
Provrd i ' rg vo ce charac tenza i ons fo rrlrese ep sodes were Ted cass dy, He|bV is r .n , Pa! l F rees Ju l ie Benne l l ,M ike Road. Tommy Cook. Keye LukeJoe S i ro l . . Janer Waldo . V ic Pe i r in .Bernard Fox and Ted De Cors ica
Cassrdy prov ides the on ly con l rnu 'ng vorce w lh the excepton o f seres '
reg ! la rs fv1 chae Shea, Lu Ann Has lamand Kev in Schu tz Edward Fosenpfoduces fo r Erecu i i le ProducersBafbera a .d Br l l Fann a
Flintstone PicWins 2 Awards
Hanna aarbera Producl ons ' fu l lyanrmated ieaiure ength moton pc-ture, 'A Man Cal led F ntstone, ' rece ved two separate awards thrsmonth rn [ ,4 lan, l ta ly
The lOth Internal ional Fest lva l oIlhe Humor is t c F m presented the spyspoof ing lealufe wr ih a Si lver OlveBranch, wh le the Internat onal Markeroi the Fi lm awarded the fealure a
A ceremony of presentanon isp anned pend ng ihe ava abi l i ty o i anappearance o i e ther of erecut veproducers Wi l iam Hanna o. Joseph
EXPOSUBE SHEETOff ic a l publcat ion of HannaBarbera Prod!ct ions, Inc, anaffiliate or Taft BroadcasangCompany. is publ ished monthlyby and for employees oI H€nnaaarbera Product ionsE d r t o r . . J o h n M i c h a e lP h o t o g r a p h e r . . B i l K o t l e rFeporters Pat weems
Shir ley "Sam ' MapesB l C a r n e y
HEAD GUN Af IllEANNEX JahDAoatsenait
6IVES LEC|URE-Ron Dias spol th. Et S.?onda Ah ksociation ihis honth ahtho topic ot the UPA !y|o of backgtuund pdintinq
Dias Speaksto Art G roup
Bon D as, background painter , th lsmonth demon$rated the UPA syle ofbEckground pain l ins for the El SegundoF ne Ans Associat ion at the € l SegundoH i g h S c h o o .
D as both ass€mbled backgroundsand painr€d a background to i l lusrratethe lPA-developed s ly l€. whch emphasizes l inear I nes and a s imp l f icat ion o i co lor schemes
The sty l€ is ref lected ln UPA's"Gerald McBons Bons" cadoon ser ies
Slz ie Dal ton, animat ion checker . in-roduced Oi6s ro rhe grolp of more
Dias f ! r ther d iscussed the impo.lance of keying characters to marchrhe background and techniques of apply ing texrures. He rhen gave a brefhstory of t i re animal ion ndust fy .
Film WinsChris Award
The industr ia l i i lm drv is on or Han naBarb€ra Prodlc i rons has won i ts second Chis Awa.d in two yea.s f romthe 1sth annual F i lm Counci l o fGreater Columbus lor a 14-mrnutelu l ly anim6ted f i lm. "A Time for Oeci 's ion," produced for the Ameican
Ross Suthsrland, director of indus-t r ia l f lms, f lew to Columbus, Ohio thrsmonth to accept the award for excellence in ndustr ia l f i lms.
Last yea., "Better Odds for a LongerLi fe." a 17-minute fu l ly animated f i lmproduced for the Amer ican Heart Assoclation received a Chris Award
Lozzi Designs3 European Hil tonHotel lnteriors
by Shdey "San'MapesDunng a recent nrne month stay in
Europe, Ar t Lozzr , Aackgrcund depart .menr, wEs able 10 vew rhe completededfces of a 1ro of Hl l ton horels nGreece. Morocco. and on the is landof Malra, whose inter ior archi tecr ! ra land lurn ishing desgns were arcely
H s designs for Cyptus Hi l ton wereb€sed on both lhe ant iq ! i t ies of Greeceas wel as thar co!n l rys Crusader
Malla, too, irom the very aspecl oti ls rn lo ved and erc i t ing h is tory o i theCrusades, lent lself to a iantasy of
Because of the exot ic nature o l lhecountry, and rs h is tory, the FabatHl ton n lv fo.occo. is considered byLozzi lo be the most in tefest ing of the
King Hassan l l , the couni fy-s ru Ingmonarch, speci fed ihat the Rabathoie l be done in authent ic Morocceandesign. To fac i l i ta te the k lng 's wish,Lozi was assisned thfee royal min-is ters 1o assi f l h im for ar iv ing a l basic
The ministers guided Lozzi throughMor.co 's p laces of beauiy and numerous palaces where he sketched andpholographed vafio!s patterns of
Work ing f ron th is mater ia l , he wasable to desgn everyth ing f rom iheRabat's chrna 1o ihe coslumes wofn
Boersema Keeps 'Old West'Alive with Paintings, Designs
by 8iI CanevJohn Boersema, animat ion depan
ment, thrnks so h gh y o l ihe o ld we$'that when he was marr ed thrs month,he scheduled rhe wedd n9 in Tonopha.Nevada on Fr iday. wh ch a lowed h lmro explore the nearby ghost town ofJef ferson on Saturday and Sunday
His besl man. Jack Pai i . a lso o l thean mat ion departmenl , t raveled wi thhim and h s new br ide. Edna. someTOOO teet up a steep canyon to reachJel ferson, a deser ted gold mrnrng
The t ro colected ore, s tone ham'mers and o lher remnants o i the dayswhen gold was dus f rom the surround
Boersema spends most of h s weekends near Santa Batara where he ispannor rn a reson-rype ranch on the
The ranch rs decorared wi ih a col -€ction of western{ 6vored subjectthat Boersema has pa n led over the
His creal ions recaplore the era ofthe "wi ld west" when 816ck Eat lsst'gecoech hold{rps occuned reg!.lady befor€ b€akfast and r ighl ar ter
Specia l permisson was granted tohim by the Twenty Mule TeEm Bo,axcompany to parnr a canvas of the mulelearn pul ing the heavy wagons ofEorax l r now hangs in h is 16nchho!se.
As a dsd cated Ca i forn ia h stor an.Boersema keeps rack of where van-ous h is tor ica l characiers robbed stagesa.d boats and b lazed t rar ls
Every spring alter the heavy ra nsare over, he dusts oft his rneral delec lor and goes ln search of a t reasurechest oI $50 qold octagonals that wassto len f rom a ship in 1881 thal wasdocked n Santa Ba.bara
The thief. Charles W Moore. wascaprured near Soersema's ranch, butnot before he bur ied the gold Senlto pnson, he la ter conlessod ihai hehad hidden the gold close to a nver
Boersema s determ ned to uncoverihose gold ociagonals. and for thelast four years has made spr ing t r ps1o thal river ior thai purpose.
This Apr i l he is a lso undedak ns at rp in to ihe wi lds of Alaska He wi l ldrve 0p to Anchorage, and then makeseveral side trps therealter He est imates the expedi t ion wi l l ast th .ee
He wi l l hunt wth both a r i f le a.da 16mm camera. He would l ike 10br ing back a Kod ak bear, at least onl i lm i f not n actoal i ty Pteas. fu.n to pagc 4 , cet s
H-B Animation Ghecker lsFormer Motion Picture Dancer
DLring the Hollywood era of thelarge budgeted musicals , when the b igbands o l the 1940s kept Amer icaswingr .g f rom coast to-coast , La Vel leHaines, f ina l checker rn Ink-and Pa nt ,danced before the cameras of evefymajor s tudio n lown wi th such stefla f ce lebr i t ies as Bins Crosby. JackBenny, Bob Hope and Bel ty Grable.
"As a mat te. of lact , ' La Vel lerecals 'Bet iy Grable was s igned by2olh Century-Fox the same day rhesludio signed me to a two-year con
"My fami ly had recenl ly movedfrom my bi r thp ace, Seat le, to LosAngeles I guess I was aboul l T yeafsold when I s taf led work i .g n mot ion
Af ter her s tnt a l Fox, La Vel lecontnued 1o appear In dance scenesfor musicals a l lv ' le t ro-Goldwyn-Mayer,Columbia, Uni !€rsal , Paramou.r andWarn€r Bros. s tudros 'When Columbiai i lmed 'Cover Gir l ' , ' she said. " lwofted with Gon€ Kelly, who statredin 'Jack and the Beansla lk tor us las l
Whi le ar Para moLrnt , she studied a idworked Lrnder wel l 'known dance d ircclor Le Foy P n2 "Th€r€ wer€ us.ual ly s ix weeks of rehearsals for as ingle number pr or to the actual f i lmng of t n those days '
I t was at Paramolnt that La Vel leappe6red in ' lhr i l l o f a L i fe t m€'wi thB€rry Grable and a host of o lher s tars:Dororhy L6mour. Judy Canova. BenBl0e. Eleanore Whi tney. Johnnyoowns. Lei f Erkson and Lany Crabbe.
' l d id a skat ing ro l t ine on nagewi th Bexy Gr6ble for thal feat l re,"
S k a t n g s r e p s w e r e s m p e c o m -pared to some of the danc€ antcsshe had to perform over th€ yea.s,such as "dancing wi th la .ge woode.bal ls . fencins. r id ins un cyc les. pay-ing ' both the accordian and snaredrums and @ skat ng "
When learn lng dance routnes, LaVel le sad her sro!p. which usual lyconsisted of 24 s ins. abored l rom9 a m 10 10 p m each day. Betweennormal inst ruc l ion per iods, lhe g i r lswould a so work before fie camerasdoinq numbers whch they had pfe
Af ier many years oI appear ing inmot ion p ic tures, La Vel le l raveled toNew York and lo ined ihe famedSocket les. But New York was a lonelylown ior her , and s ix months la ter shedecided to return to Hollleood
t was at th is t ime thal she beganappear ing in ive stage shows at the
HIGH STEPPER Du')ngth. etu oliho big Hoty|'ood husic.ts, La vdllo Hainds, checket. d.ncedbal.ta tha canotas ot every naiot ndion prc.
- Lozzi
by the enterra inefs in the hote l n ighr
The costumes were fash oned atterthe robes o i the Tuareses (or Bluepeople) . a nomadic t r ibe l iv ins in the
A rare honor was bestowed on Lozzland h is co workers when the k inggranted them an audre.ce to demo.-strate h s royal recognition of theirouls ianding archi tectura l accompl ish
This was Lozzis second t r ip to Europe, where he has now lNed for aper iod ot th iee years Demands Ior thevar ious aspecis oI hrs work has a l lowedhim to ravel throughout lhe conl nentHe has ived rn Alhens, Swi tzer landand haly In l ta ly he painted 'Prep
araton ior ihe Hunr," a 7 by 14canvas pa nted wnh rhe r ich s ly e andco ors o l the H gh Fenaissance
Lozzr has aways hed an nteres lfor ar t Af ter seryng three years inthe U S. Navy. work ng on graphicf l lms in Washington D C. he srudleda r U . C L A
i1 was dur ing lh is r rne thal he acquired a summe. iob at lv lc fv , l s ludiosin the Anrmat ion depa menr. There,he l i rs t leafned inbeiweening t romB I Schipk When MGM discont in!edrs Animar ion dep6. tment , he wenr rowork for Walr O sney st ld ios
A yeai and a hal l larer . he come towork tor Hanna Barbera in ts Backgro0nd depanmenl .
nauntt 'rhat ol a Liletine, Lo vt o Hainssnsht goes .hroush dqncs nutino wdh the stud)a
old Paramount Iheate r . dowftownLos Angees She danced lhefe lor
Leaving the ive theal re, she fe-lurned to Universa and danced rnwhar was to b€ rhe las l of her mor ionpic lures l r was a l th is tm€ rhat ahobby she had acqulred d€veloped rn-
Our ing the long hours betwee.stage ca ls and the t me spent on lheroad for rours, she re lared by mak ngsketches of p c t l res n magazines
Li t t le drd she real ize thar rh is hobbywould of fer her a new soorce o l income when h€r mother suddenly became i l , necessi tat ing La Vele rotake a iob wi th regular hours so thatshe col ld remain c lose io home
She wenl to work for Walter Lant2on lhe 'Woody Woodpeckei se iesNine yea,s aso she joned Hanna.Barbe6 Producl ions
What does L2 Vel le th ink abouttoday s dance s leps?
" l f ihose k ids th ink lhat they ' redong anyih ing new, theyre wrongThose so called new sleps are nothingmore than yesterdays steps wi thjerky movements added
Hollwood musicals haE. for themo$ pari, given way 10 the low budseted. rock n foll beach parry rhealr ica ls wi th f ! t ry maned youngsters infeatured roles. However, though yeslerdays mus.a ls may be gone, rhemelody st I Ingers on
DESIGNS llOfEL IN|ERIORS Ad Larzi con,leted desisns tot the inteio6 at thEe Hihon
PAIN NG Gwen Gtouat conpleted an ail thisGaEias eisht nanth ald
n"rJ,= &oaEFARE fHE CAMERAS A. s6ge fot Pao
ERUSHING EFFECTS,nBhins !'.*e to a c.t on ||hi.h ot. paihtedspdcidt e eea fhd Spacial Ellects und ol thelnk and Patot d.panne.twat tipted thit setsonta ldap pace wnh the act)on a
co ors are im ted to t ve shadesWth episodes for seven new net
work seres to be parnled, the department brushes away abo! t IOOgal lons of paint a month, repons Inkand - Pa inr supe fvisor Robe.ta Gre!1€rt
"Because oi the cartoon trend tospace-age heroes," she said "we areusing a great d ivers ty oI co lors th s
"The space heroes are spor t .g amul t ip lcr ty of new colofs, s !ch asthose worn by the Galaxy Tr io. Eventhe vrL larns are changing therr co lorsMost characlers have changed f romnalural skin tones to rnore erotrc col
"Vi l la ins can be colored f rom v io le iio green, and trom yellow to even nclude a b lush of p nk.
This new t rend in car toonrng hasresul ted in a t rp l ing in s ize o l thespecial eifects arm of the departmenl.The emphasis on semr- t ransparentcouds and Iormatons rs Popular n
FEV|EWtNG CELS Jan Faye and sue cttuas.udy 3 cet containins cpcci.t 6lf.cts that tuIbe usad )n d spdd.ts6 ca^oon show
CHECKING SEAUENCES Jeanne Ihotpe E
4Ol Shades Golor this Season's GartoonsHanna-Barbera Produci ions s the
only srudio around Hoi l leood wh chmainra ins an at t rac l ive staf f o f 130glr s whose iobs are to attend ro everyneed of the contract p layers
That pr ivate haremmonly refened to as the Lnk 'and Pa ntdepartment , whe€ the car toon to lk€a y have color added to their
Wirh 401 shades f rom which toselect , these pret ly pa n lers are makng Hann6 Earbera 's animated starsthe best dressed ceebr i t ies In lown.
The p6in lers ' lasks are 10 brush theasslgned colo6 onto the inked celsTwo gi r ls usual ly share a palet te, whichcan cons st of as rnany as 4o1 twoounce conlarners There are 70 basicco ors on whrch the 401 shades are
The largest var ie iy of co lors are lhegrays, wi th 40 shades of cool gray and21 shades o l warm gray. Other basic
E U Sy PA I Nf E R s - a attu E tuhnn letr), J o A hnPieih 6hd L.ti Foit pdint cats rhat '| bacahd
REF|LL|NG ROOM S.nd.a Spasue sque*esp'int into two-ouhce F,nent uses 4al shad.s.t colo,ins in th6 n6w
A LESSAN FRAM fHE 3ASS.Rsupe isa. tot rh6 lDk and Patnr depdrtnent,gjvotah int(rc.ion denanstttan to agtoup ol
many of rhe shows' scenes.The department is responsrble for
accepli.g the inked cels from rh€Xerox depanment lwhere they aremachlne inked). paint inq them. check 'ing the scenes for sequence and thenpassi .g the pai r ted cels to ihe Cam-
Though most i .k ing is done rn Xerox,inkers st ll conrinue io trace the movements of the character 's mouths d ircc ly f rom the animators drawings
Roberta, a 33-year veteran ot theanimalon ndustry , worked on the' 'Tom and Jer iy" theatr ica s when8l l Hanna and J@ Barbera we€ produc ng that ser ies for N4etro-Goldwyn-
"WtEn we were paint ing 'Tom andJetry car loons, she said, "our 'pa l -
et tes consisted of 25 basic colors Tomwas gray and whi te, whr le Je(y was a
Few mce or cals afe seen In to.day 's car toon ser ies wth the humanbelngs getr ng the besl l ines However, thefe s one thrng hasn lchanged a I s lars s l l r€ceive p lenlyoi feminine at lenl on
t