Carlton Andersen

Carlton Andersen (born Carlton Herbert Andersen; October 18, 1895 - December 14, 1992) was a German-born American film, animation director and visual artist.

one of his acclaimed early works were The Hands of the Ripper (1923) and the live action-animation hybrid Pinocchio's Death (1926), some of these are considered one of the finest examples of the filmmaking movement known as German Expressionism, Andersen later moved to sound with Killers Among Us (1930) before emigrating to America to avoid the wrath of the Nazis, there he became interested in American Animation, got a job at Fleischer Studios and directed various cartoons there, most notably The Mighty B! series, based on the King Features comic strip of the same name, after the takeover by distributor Paramount, Andersen later went back to making Live Action films, mainly in the Film noir genre such as Every Day I Die (1945), I Want My Mommy (1948) and a remake of his own The Hands of the Ripper, titled The Ripper's Hands (1952) and continuing to make films up until his death in 1992.

of the 15 films Andersen directed in Germany, 5 of them such as The Wolf (1920) are considered lost.

Germany (1917-30)

 * Thunderstorm (1917) - Decla Film, lost
 * Knulp (1918) - Decla Film, lost
 * Rosshalde (1919) - Decla Film, lost
 * The Redemption of Joseph Oppenheimer (1920) - Decla Bioscop, survives
 * The Wolf (1920) - Decla Bioscop, lost
 * The Story of Hansel and Gretel (1921) - Decla Bioscop, surivives
 * The Story of Little Red Riding Hood (1921) - Decla Bioscop, surivives
 * Gladiatrix (1922) - Decla Bioscop, lost, all films from this point on survive
 * The Hands of the Ripper (1923) - Decla Bioscop/Universal Pictures
 * Mountain Men (1923) - UFA/Metro-Goldwyn Pictures
 * Good Morning, Uncle (1924) - UFA/Paramount Pictures
 * The Boxer Kid (1925) - UFA/Paramount Pictures
 * Pinocchio's Death (1926) - UFA/Paramount Pictures, released as The Killer Woodmen in the US.
 * The House of Wagner (1928) - UFA/Paramount Pictures
 * Killers Among Us (1930) - UFA/Paramount Pictures, first sound film

Fleischer Studios (1934-42)

 * The Great Honey Robbery (1934)
 * I'm Definitely No Angel (1934)
 * Swing, Swing, Swing (1934)
 * Bully Trouble (1935)
 * Bees in Toyland (1935)
 * Anything Goes Crazy (1936)
 * Happy's Strange Adventure (1936)
 * Bessie's Robot (1936)
 * A Haunting We Will Go (1936)
 * Pioneer Trail (1936)
 * Tumblin Tumbleweeds (1937)
 * Bessie Drummond (1937)
 * The Island of Missing Souls (1937)
 * Wanna Be a Member? (1938)
 * Bess Orange and the 7 Clever Boys (1938)
 * The San Francisco Parade (1938)
 * Moonlight Serenade (1939)
 * Doggie Days (1939)
 * Seasick Blues (1939)
 * Air Bessie (1940)
 * Hansel and Gretel (1940)
 * Astro Boy (1940)
 * Those Golden Gloves (1941)
 * The Bank Menace (1941)
 * Bessie and the Banditos (1941)
 * Surprise Fight (1941)
 * Nothing But the Tooth (1941)
 * Bessie in the USO (1942)

Return to Live Action/Later Years (1945-92)

 * Every Day I Die (1945) - Paramount Pictures
 * I Want My Mommy (1948) - Universal-International
 * The Ripper's Hands (1952) - Universal-International

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