Jimmy Two Shoes
a year ago
After watching Cy Young's wonderful cartoon called "Mendelssohn's Spring Song" (1931), I was wondering if anyone knew if Young had produced any other cartoons for Audio-Cinema while he was animation director from 1930 to 1933. According to Christopher Sobieniak, this cartoon would have been produced as part of a series called "Jingles", so I'm hopeful that other cartoons like this one were produced by Audio-Cinema.

Unfortunately, Cy Young immigrated to the West Coast in 1934 to work for Disney, and from then on, the rest of his career in animation was a huge waste, as he was reduced to working on special effects. His animation in the Disney films is barely perceptible and, above all, has lost all the Chinese influences that made Spring Song so charming.

I really hope someone can help me track down the other cartoons Young produced.

And in case you haven't seen the cartoon, here it is :
hidden36
a year ago

I was wondering if anyone knew if Young had produced any other cartoons for Audio-Cinema while he was animation director from 1930 to 1933.

Originally Posted by: Jimmy Two Shoes 



He’s made this short  for car insurance company Aetna. Surprisingly, the title card… err… I’ll let the Thunderbean founder quote it here:

I’m sure Cy changed the spelling to “Sy” to hide his Chinese heritage




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S. C. MacPeter
a year ago
I disagree about your comments on Cy's career at Disney that began in late 1932, except (mostly) that his Chinese heritage wasn't as apparent in his special effects work. Moving on though...

Cy Young began his career in America mostly on industrial and technical films in his days in New York.   First with Bray on the educational Brayco strips, and then for Naval and Medical films


He’s made this short  for car insurance company Aetna. Surprisingly, the title card… err… I’ll let the Thunderbean founder quote it here:

I’m sure Cy changed the spelling to “Sy” to hide his Chinese heritage

Originally Posted by: hidden36 



Cy Young did four Aetna cartoons for Audio-Cinema that have yet to show up. These additional titles are HE AUTO KNOW BETTER, FAMILY'S DAY AT HOME, and THE FAMILY'S NIGHT OUT. Aetna offered different types of insurance, all four cartoons demonstrating why each is an important subject to have insured. Besides this, his career in New York was limited besides work at Terrytoons, one of the few studios that would hire minorities in key roles. He may of also of worked on the three Doctor Suess commercials for Audio-Cinema/Terry, but I cannot prove this. I'd love to see more of his earliest work
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Jimmy Two Shoes
a year ago

He’s made this short  for car insurance company Aetna. Surprisingly, the title card… err… I’ll let the Thunderbean founder quote it here:

I’m sure Cy changed the spelling to “Sy” to hide his Chinese heritage

Originally Posted by: hidden36 



"Desert Dilemma" is a very cute cartoon, and I really like the style Young adopted for his first films.

I disagree about your comments on Cy's career at Disney that began in late 1932, except (mostly) that his Chinese heritage wasn't as apparent in his special effects work. Moving on though...

Cy Young began his career in America mostly on industrial and technical films in his days in New York. First with Bray on the educational Brayco strips, and then for Naval and Medical films

Cy Young did four Aetna cartoons for Audio-Cinema that have yet to show up. These additional titles are HE AUTO KNOW BETTER, FAMILY'S DAY AT HOME, and THE FAMILY'S NIGHT OUT. Aetna offered different types of insurance, all four cartoons demonstrating why each is an important subject to have insured. Besides this, his career in New York was limited besides work at Terrytoons, one of the few studios that would hire minorities in key roles. He may of also of worked on the three Doctor Suess commercials for Audio-Cinema/Terry, but I cannot prove this. I'd love to see more of his earliest work



Amazing to know that Paul Terry hired Young and even let him design the title cards for the first Terrytoons.

Do these four other Aetna cartoons still exist ?
Jimmy Two Shoes
a year ago
Why have the answers been removed ?
S. C. MacPeter
a year ago
Not entirely sure but I didn't delete what I wrote. For the record, since I never answered, I don't know if (and don't think that) Cy Young's other commercials survive today, 'least for now
Jimmy Two Shoes
a year ago

Not entirely sure but I didn't delete what I wrote. For the record, since I never answered, I don't know if (and don't think that) Cy Young's other commercials survive today, 'least for now

Originally Posted by: S. C. MacPeter 



You've already replied to me and I remember your comment very well.

You mentioned Cy Young's career in Paul Terry's studio and the fact that he designed almost all the title cards for the first Terrytoons, remember !

Another person had also posted a link to another Young-produced film.
PopKorn Kat
a year ago

Why have the answers been removed ?

Originally Posted by: Jimmy Two Shoes 



I think if a user deletes their own post, every post that quoted it is also deleted.
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S. C. MacPeter
a year ago
This is a behavior I've noticed increasing in a few places as of recent, very strange and hard to understand. Thanks for reinstating my posts
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