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- BFI identifier769211
- Date1965 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- Work historyA series of seven ten-minute films animating the cartoons of Gerard Hoffnung. GB, BBC1 18/8/1965 - 29/9/65
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- Subject
Title
Tales of Hoffnung (Original)
Tales from Hoffnung (Alternative)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / VideoFor details of BFI holdings, see individual episodic Works in the Hierarchy Display.
- Scripts / DocumentsTales of Hoffnung - A series of short films animating the humorous cartooning of Gerard Hoffnung, reflecting a whimsical approach to music and its performance. Hoffnung was a man of many parts, graphic artist, raconteur, musical clown, accomplished musician and conductur, he published eleven books of cartoons before his premature death in 1959 [aged thirty four]. Halas and Batchelor adapted seven of the most famous Hoffnung titles The Symphony Orchestra; the Palm Court Orchestra; the Vacuum Cleaner; the Music Academy; Professor Ya-Ya's Memoirs; the Maestro; Hoffnung's Birds Bees and Storks. Francis Chagrin, who was a friend of Hoffnung, composed and arranged all the music. Papers include, scripts, press and publicity, cuttings, music cue sheets, distribution correspondence - HAB-1-75
Tales of Hoffnung - series - Papers relating to the series as a whole, including legal, press and publicity, photographs, distribution and film festival awards, 1964 - 1990s - HAB-1-75-1
Document: legal - File containing: - letter of agreement [photocopy] between BBC and Halas and Batchelor for the creation of six cartoons based on the Hoffnung books, 16 June 1964 - letter of agreement between BBC TV and Halas and Batchelor summarising the terms between the two organisations regarding the repayment of the BBC for its initial financial contribution to the project, 15 October 1964 - later faxes regarding TV and film distribution rights, March - May 1995 - HAB-1-75-1-1
Document: publicity - File containing various versions of press-sheet giving brief details of each episode in the series. Some were probably produced after the series was released and used for later distribution purposes, 1960s - 1980s - HAB-1-75-1-2
Photograph - File containing black and white photographs of the following: - Harold Whitaker [?] at a desk posing with Hoffnung books and his own drawings - voice artists gathered at the microphone to record - photograph of image of the lady with flowers growing from her chest no date c.1965 - HAB-1-75-1-3
view all - StillsPhotograph: television still - Portrait - SPD-3500026
Photograph: television still - Portrait - SPD-3500027
Photograph: television still - Portrait - SPD-3500028
Photograph: television still - Portrait - SPD-3500029
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Series Work - 769211 - 1965 (Release)
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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