Robert "Bob" Bentley Animation

Robert Jarvis Bentley (often credited as Bob Bentley) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios, Walter Lantz Productions, MGM and Depatie Freleng, alongside several early television studios such as Hanna-Barbera and Ed Graham Productions. Before his first onscreen credit, he had previously worked as an assistant at the Van Beuren Corporation, Disney and Les Elton Cartoons as early as 1929. Bentley's style can be recognized on a few key features: simple face construction (favoring spaced rounded eyes, large pupils and thick eyebrows), held key poses longer than two or one frame and favoring side-profile shots. Some aspects of Bentley's work is recognizable to the style of early Van Beuren films and if he were to have animated uncredited scenes from that era (he began work at Disney in 1935), this video could potentially be used to identify them. Music used: "Just A Simple Melody" by Chick Webb and His Orchestra, "Oh Boy!" by Jimmie Lunceford and "Hick Stomp" by Ambrose All clips use the best available information and are presumed in instances of absences of documentation. They were verified by a circle of notable historians at the time. Included also are notifications indicating where a scene is more likely to be uncertain in it's guess and are marked with a (PRESUMED) & (UNVERIFIED) tag in the description. This is by personal choice of the author of the video in order to prevent spread of possible nonfactual information: 0:00 - It's an Ill Wind (1939) (UNVERIFIED) 0:17 - Real Gone Woody (1954) 0:30 - Speaking of the Weather (1937) 0:36 - The Loan Stranger (1942) (UNVERIFIED) 0:48 - Porky's Road Race (1937) 0:56 - Ace in the Hole (1942) (UNVERIFIED) 1:06 - Onion Pacific (1940) (UNVERIFIED) 1:16 - Barney's Hungry Cousin (1953) 1:28 - Gold Rush Daze (1939) (UNVERIFIED) 1:40 - Porky's Double Trouble (1937) 1:45 - Sleepy-Time Squirrel (1954) 1:53 - Wholly Smoke (1938) (CONFIRMED) 2:11 - The Three Little Pups (1953) 2:27 - A Dopey Hacienda (1970) 2:39 - The Loan Stranger (1942) (UNVERIFIED) 2:49 - King-Size Canary (1947) 3:03 - Porky's Railroad (1937) 3:11 - Little Johnny Jet (1953) 3:19 - Fightin Pals (1940) 3:34 - Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954) 3:42 - Chilly Willy (1953) 3:59 - Porky in the North Woods (1936) 4:22 - Under the Counter Spy (1954) (CONFIRMED) 4:31 - The Three Little Pups (1953) 4:39 - Porky the Fireman (1938) (PRESUMED) 4:53 - What Price Fleadom (1948) 5:06 - Billy Boy (1954) 5:14 - Little Beau Porky (1936) 5:32 - The Screwball (1943) (UNVERIFIED) 5:43 - Porky's Romance (1937) 5:54 - Slap Happy Lion (1947) 5:59 - Ration Bored (1943) (CONFIRMED) 6:03 - Porky's Poultry Plant (1936) (PRESUMED) 6:06 - Bird-Brained Dog (1954) 6:21 - Bedtime Bedlam (1955) 6:26 - Porky's Double Trouble (1937) (PRESUMED) 6:44 - Homesteader Droopy (1954) 6:49 - Sleepy-Time Squirrel (1954) 6:56 - Wimmin Is a Myskery (1940) (UNVERIFIED) 7:04 - The Impossible Possum (1954) 7:08 - Drag-A-Long Droopy (1954) 7:19 - Chilly Willy (1953) 7:34 - Barney's Hungry Cousin (1953) 7:38 - Count Me Out (1938) (PRESUMED) (UNVERIFIED) 7:48 - Porky's Spring Planting (1938) All clips belong to their respective sources. The intent of this video is to educate and provide information about animation history and to restore lost credit.