MARTHA’S BOOK

One book missing from Amid’s 2005 shopping list (below) is Martha Sigall’s LIVING LIFE INSIDE THE LINES: TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANIMATION.You know Martha from her appearences on camera in various animation documentaries and Looney Tunes audio track commentary. She’s one of the last survivors of Termite Terrace. She joined Schlesinger’s studio as a teenage ink & paint girl in the 1930s, became life-long friends with Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Frank Tashlin and the entire Looney Tunes staff. She moved on to work with Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera and Tex Avery at MGM in the 1940s and enjoyed stints at UPA, Snowball (Beany & Cecil) and Melendez. She had a ring-side seat for the history of Hollywood animation and loved every minute of it.Now all of her wonderful memories of those days have been collected in this marvelous book, which goes on sale April 1st. I’ve already had a sneak peak and I highly recommend you reserve a copy now. A hardcover collectors edition is $50. but you can get the paperback edition for a $20. ($13.60 on Amazon.com).