Pat Matthews Animation #2

John Richard "Pat" Matthews (1916 - 1972) was an American animator best known for his stretchy elastic-like animation. Matthews began his career at Walt Disney Productions around 1938 as an assistant animator, working on shorts and features such as Pinocchio. He left during the 1941 strike to briefly join Screen Gems before landing at Walter Lantz Productions, where Matthews would truly shine as an animator, animating some of the most fluid and expressive scenes in many Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda shorts. In 1948, Lantz entered financial problems and was forced to temporarily close his studios, and Matthews would find employment at United Productions of America (UPA), his animation style standing out among the others. Unfortunately, Matthews underwent brain surgery during this period, and would become significantly slower as a result, being denied a directorial position at UPA because of this. Matthews left UPA to join Mexican studio Dijubos Animados, S.A. around 1953, directing several anti-communist propaganda shorts along with Emery Hawkins. The remainder of Matthews career would see him traveling the world finding various odd jobs in the industry, before being killed in an accident in 1972, his final work being for a Spanish language version of Sesame Street. Cartoons featured 0:00 - Slay it With Flowers (1943, Screen Gems) 0:13 - Wet Blanket Policy (1948, Lantz) 0:31 - Mousie Come Home (1946, Lantz) 0:46 - Hotsy Footsy (1952, UPA) 1:05 - Woody The Giant Killer (1948, Lantz) 1:25 - The Sailor and The Seagull (1949, UPA) 1:43 - Dog Tax Dodgers (1948, Lantz) 1:53 - The Magic Fluke (1949, UPA) 1:59 - Manolin Torero (1954, Dijubos Animados) PRESUMED 2:09 - The Loose Nut (1945, Lantz) 2:25 - Well Oiled (1947, Lantz) 2:34 - The Miner's Daughter (1950, UPA) 2:41 - Woody The Giant Killer (1948, Lantz) 2:54 - Plenty Below Zero (1943, Screen Gems) 3:07 - Wild and Woody! (1948, Lantz) 3:17 - Spellbound Hound (1950, UPA) 3:32 - The Dippy Diplomat (1945, Lantz) 3:41 - Toll Bridge Troubles (1942, Screen Gems) 3:48 - Wild and Woody! (1948, Lantz) 3:55 - The Beatles - Twist and Shout (1965, Artransa Park/King Features) PRESUMED 3:58 - Woody Dines Out (1945, Lantz) 4:04 - Wacky Bye Baby (1948, Lantz) 4:19 - Fuddy Duddy Buddy (1951, UPA) 4:29 - Apple Andy (1946, Lantz) 4:40 - Man on the Land (1951, UPA) 4:43 - Toll Bridge Troubles (1942, Screen Gems) 4:59 - Meatless Tuesday (1943, Lantz) 5:05 - Barefaced Flatfoot (1951, UPA) 5:17 - The Emperor's New Clothes (1953, UPA) 5:27 - Woody The Giant Killer (1948, Lantz) note: clip was already used in ibcf's reel 5:33 - Robin Hoodlum (1948, UPA) 5:40 - Solid Ivory (1947, Lantz) This reel is a sequel to ibcf's original.