Gordon Sheehan's Tom Thumb?

[cpdavison]

I was trolling eBay and found this (http://cgi.ebay.com/16mm-1960s-the-Ed-Wood-of-cartoons_W0QQitemZ9133799789QQcategoryZ63821QQrdZ1 QQcmdZViewItem).

Golly, gee! What the heck is this 1963 film? Kinda harsh that the seller referred to Gordon as "the Ed Wood of cartoons" but that only makes me want to see this thing even more!

Any Info is appreciated...

[mayerson]

Gordon Sheehan worked for the Fleischers and later became an animation teacher in the Chicago area. That's all I know about him.

[Steve Stanch]

That's from 'TOM THUMB IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT', a 1963 Coronet production. The project was started by Hugh Harman, who had produced 'The Littlest Angel' for Coronet. Sheehan finished it off, and spent the rest of his life in the Chicago area. The animation varys in this 20 minute short, with some of it being pretty good- other times limited. The oddest thing is a bad guy with a Spider named 'Satan'.. There's a long section where he says over and over 'come Satan... satan... satan.. come satan'... (I'm NOT kidding). it was a staple of 16mm rental libraries; most schools had a 16mm print of this one.

Sheehan was a great teacher and personal friend of a good friend of mine, Lenny Kohl. You can see a lot of Fleischer in his drawings.

[cpdavison]

Thanks for the replies Mark & Steve! (Tell Lenny I said "Hi!")

Sounds like a future "Cultoons" candidate!

Craig D.