She appeared in ten films for Monogram from 1945-46. An entry at reveals she also used the stage names “Teala Loring” and “Judith Gibson.” It additionally tells the world she was the sister of actress Debra Paget. She was born Octoto Frank Griffin and Marguerite Gibson in Denver. November 1940 saw her perform “her novel and charming act” at the Globe Theatre in Boston, with comedian Joe DeRita on the bill.
The Times of July 10 reveals she was in the musical production “Scandals of 1939.” It tells us “Marcia Eloise, youthful, auburn-haired danseuse who begins her second week, has scheduled an unusual number that also involves intricate tap and toe steps.” Her next production, reported the Times on the 25th, was “Naughty Babies.” The Daily News of August 5 tells of “Grin and Bare It,” a “smartly paced midsummer musical revue.” Several stories about their girlie shows were planted in the Los Angeles press about this time. film, “Everybody Sing,” and also in Paramount’s “College Swing.” She appeared in a featured role in the Allan Jones-Fannie Brice M.G.M. In 1937, Miss Eloise was signed to a seven-year Hollywood contract. The Times of Jstates:Īnother “name” artist joins the roster of performers at the Follies Theater today, when Marcia Eloise, who won nation-wide fame as the “girl in cellophane,” begins an engagement. A little hunting gives us a bit of information about her. You can see a picture of her from the Augedition of the Daily News, giving her full name (and lying about her age). The Augpiece read, in part: “In a recent visit to the downtown theatre, one of the studio officials was intrigued by the talent of Marcia, and when the studio decided to put in a call for a dancer, he called the Follies management and made the arrangements. The Los Angeles Daily News story about the casting leaves one questioned unanswered. It got a great laugh, too.” Avery then admitted he didn’t think lizards shed their skin at all, but they “planted the gag” when, during the story meeting, they didn’t figure a snake would work. Shaped the lizard like a girl, too, took off her skin and she was just a lighter green. Avery said “We Rotoscoped her action to fit the lizard. Let’s watch this interesting procedure.”Īvery spoke about the gag to author Joe Adamson in his tremendous book Tex Avery King of Cartoons. Later, the narrator (identified by Keith Scott as Lew Marcelle) says “Here’s a lizard which, as you all probably know, sheds its skin once a year. Thad Komorowski has a negative of the reference footage and says it's someone else. cartoon Cross Country Detours, but there are several whose names don’t get mentioned at all.īackground artist Johnny Johnsen and actors Mel Blanc and Sara Berner may be the most prominent, but there is one person who appeared in this cartoon who got a blurb in the popular press.Ĭasting of the week: Marcia Eloise, a strip-teaseuse from the downtown Follies, answered a call to model for animators drawing a “Looney Tune” cartoon at the Leon Schlesinger studio.įirst, we see a “shy little deer” with a sexy walk strolling away from the camera. Smith and composer Carl Stalling all get credits on the 1940 Warner Bros. They had girl power even in 1940.Director Tex Avery, writer Rich Hogan, animator Paul J.
This makes the scarey gila monster run away, yelping like a scared dog. The girl finishes her poem and curtsies, then leans over to the left panel and lets out an enormous growl. Then we see and hear a little girl reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb on the right, while an animated lizard that's supposed to look like a gila monster snarls, shows its teeth, and writhes around on the left. For the grown-ups, a hideous gila monster. The left side for grown-ups, the right for the children. So for the benefit of the children in the audience, we will split the screen. We hear an announcer and see a split screen labeled For Grown-ups and For Children: "Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. This is a scene from a short animated cartoon by Tex Avery that you can watch here. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film.
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