Frank Marsales
Frank Alfred Marsales | |
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Born | Yonker, Saskatchewan | 31 August 1886
Died | 14 August 1975 | (aged 88)
Frank Alfred Marsales (31 August 1886 – 14 August 1975) was a
Cartoon career
Marsales was a symphony musician who became the music director for Warner Bros. Cartoons under the direction of former Disney animators Hugh Harman (1903–1982) and Rudolf Ising (1903–1992), scoring many classic cartoons in the 1930s, including every Harman & Ising Looney Tune and Merrie Melodie. His first credit was for Sinkin' in the Bathtub, released in May 1930 and animated by Friz Freleng. He composed the music to the 1931 Merrie Melody Lady, Play Your Mandolin!.[1] His last credit for Warner Brothers was in 1933 with Bosko's Picture Show.[2][3] He left Warner Brothers when Harman and Ising left the studio (but not with them), missing out on scoring their work at Paramount for the 1933 animated Alice in Wonderland. Marsales may also have had a hand injury at that time that precluded his composing any music at all.[4]
In the mid-1930s, Marsales began work at
Personal life
Marsales was born in
References
- Allmovie. Archived from the originalon 16 January 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Frank Marsales Archived 13 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine webpage of the Toonzone Archived 1 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine website
- ^ Warner Bros. Cartoon Filmography webpage (with screenshots of actual credits) of the Warner Bros. Cartoons Filmography And Title Card Gallery Archived 4 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine website
- ISBN 0-520-23617-3, page 179
- ^ The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1940 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine webpage of the Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia Archived 19 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine website
- ^ The Woody Woodpecker Show webpage of the Internet Movie Database Archived 21 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine website
- ^ "Frank Marsales - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
External links
- Frank Marsales at IMDb