Art Davis Animation (Walter Lantz)

Arthur Davis (June 14, 1905 - May 9, 2000) was an American animator who began work at Raoul Barre's studio in 1918, then moved to Jefferson Film Corporation, who produced the Mutt and Jeff cartoons starting in 1921. He joined the Fleischer Studios in 1922, becoming the first ever inbetweener, and operated the "bouncing ball" for the "follow the bouncing ball" cartoons in the 1920s. He later moved to Screen Gems in 1927, and while there, he worked on the Krazy Kat cartoons, even co-creating Scrappy and Toby the Pup. He was then promoted to director, then left in 1942 for Warner Brothers. Davis was promoted to director in 1946, and his unit was shut down in 1948, with his last short being released in 1949. He worked there until the 1960s, and for the rest of his career, he worked for Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng and Walter Lantz Productions. Out of the three, Lantz was the only studio he didn't do any directing work for. Davis retired in 1988, later passing away in 2000. This reel (Sakuga MAD if you want to call it that) exclusively focuses on his stint at the Walter Lantz studio from 1962 to 1966. Davis' work at the Walter Lantz studio is some of the funniest animation put out by the studio around this time. His work is off-model (in a good way) and very expressive. Davis’ animation is also similar to the animation he did for the later Friz Freleng cartoons in the late-1950s. Thanks to AzUrArInG and RareSox for some IDs. Music: "Trombonology" by Tommy Dorsey, and "Cotton Tail" by Duke Ellington