Frank Tashlin

Frank Tashlin

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For almost fifty years, since the cineaste-filmmakers of the French New Wave first heralded him, the films of Frank Tashlin have been viewed through a single lens. As one of the two studio-era Hollywood directors to make the jump from animation to live-action (Gregory La Cava is the other), Tashlin has long been seen as a director whose cartoons somehow resemble features, and whose features are somehow cartoony (1). Though his work comes up for minor re-evaluation every twenty years or so, the critical approach to Tashlin's work has been remarkably consistent. It is as if this one fact about this career is the only one that matters; the hook seems to be too good to resist...

This site contains an article about director Frank Tashlin, a native of Weehawken who brought us many films ranging from 'Hare Remover' to 'Cinderfella.'

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Weehawken, NJ [40.7663711,-74.02537149999999]