History Creator / FrankTashlin

* Porky's Poultry Plant: First credited directorial effort at the studio.

* The Fox and the Grapes

After his cartoon career ended, Tashlin went on to direct and write for many live action films, most famously the Creator/JayneMansfield comedies ''Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt'' and ''Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?'', and numerous Creator/JerryLewis movies. His films are notable for including live-action versions of cartoon gags, such as the near-sexual reactions of every man who sees Jayne Mansfield's character walk by in ''The Girl Can't Help It'' (such as the ice melting in the ice truck and the milkman's bottle of milk popping and spilling over). He also wrote five books: "The Bear That Wasn't" (1941), "How The Circus Learned to Smile" (1949, "The Possum That Didn't" (1950) and "The World That Isn't" (1951) and a self-help cartooning book "How to Create Cartoons" (1952). He even briefly returned to animation in 1967, adapting one of his children's books "The Bear That Wasn't" into an Creator/{{MGM}} animated short, directed by his former colleague Creator/ChuckJones (which Tashlin didn't like).

* Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

Francis Fredrick von Taschlein (February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972) was a prominent animator, writer, and director of both cartoons and live action films. His most notable work was done for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio]] during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, having three seperate stints at the place.

Initially, Tashlin cut his teeth working for [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] as an animator on the ''Aesops Film Fables'' series of cartoons, only to quickly drift off to another animation stint at Creator/VanBeurenStudios. Finally, in 1932, he found work at the then-rising WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon studio, working as an animator, while working on a short lived comic strip in his spare time called ''Van Boring'', the name being obvious jab at his previous boss. When Leon tried to swindle Frank into giving him a cut of the comics profits, Frank told him to shove it and promptly lost his job as a result. Once again adrift, he did a brief stint at the Creator/UbIwerks cartoon studio in 1934, only to leave in 1935 for Creator/HalRoachStudios to be a writer on the ''[[Film/TheLittleRascals Our Gang]]'' series, where he learned quite a bit about live-action film-making, including film-camera techniques.

In 1936, Leon managed to lure Tashlin back to his studio, giving him a position as a director there, right during a time when Creator/TexAvery was starting to take the studio away from its Creator/{{Disney}} roots in favor of faster paced, more cartoony shorts. Frank jumped right in, getting off to a good head start with "Porky's Poultry Plant", where he adapted live action style fast-cutting and dynamic camera angles into his cartoons, giving them a cinematic, energetic feeling lacking from Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng's cartoon shorts. Despite this, he wasn't particularly happy due to him being stuck working on WesternAnimation/PorkyPig cartoons, which Tashlin later admitted was his least favorite character.

However, he left the studio again, with his crew being handed over to Creator/ChuckJones, while he to work for Creator/{{Disney}} in 1938 to 1940, where he began story work on Walt's proposed MickeyMouse feature, which would later evolve into the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of ''Disney/FunAndFancyFree''.

He would once again return to Creator/WarnerBros in 1943, this time bringing a stylized, magazine-like angular designs to his new shorts. Some of these later shorts of his had noticeable sexual themes, particularly ''WesternAnimation/PlaneDaffy'' (which had a FemmeFataleSpy character named [[UsefulNotes/MataHari Hata Mari]], whose blond hair and top-heavy hourglass figure would be a reality in the form of Creator/JayneMansfield) and "Stupid Cupid". It's been said that the difference between Creator/BobClampett's cartoons and Frank Tashlin's cartoons in terms of risqué humor is that Tashlin was more polished and subtle while Clampett was broader, wilder, and more adolescent.

* Mr. Duck Steps Out: A WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck short. He did not direct, but wrote the story.

* Swooner Crooner: Footage from his cartoon would be recycled for a cartoon sequence of the film "Two Guys From Texas".

* Puss N' Booty: Last black & white WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short. Animator ShamusCulhane is rumored to have done uncredited work for the short.

* Artists and Models

* Porky's Railroad

'''Frank Tashlin''' (1913–1972) was a prominent animator, writer, and director of both cartoons and live action films. His most notable work was done for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio]] during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, having three seperate stints at the place.

* The Unruly Hare: One of two WesternAnimation/BugsBunny shorts he directed.

* WesternAnimation/HaveYouGotAnyCastles?: Second of three "Things come to life in a story" parodies.

* Have You Got Any Castles?: Second of three "Things come to life in a story" parodies.

* Porky Pig's Feat: First short upon his return to WB.

* HotterAndSexier: The WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu cartoon "Censored", which features a topless woman. The one time CartoonNetwork aired the cartoon, the scenes were cropped to conceal the nudity.

* The Way of Peace

* The Goldbrick: One of PrivateSnafu shorts he directed.

* BigNameFan : His films had an incredible influence on the FrenchNewWave who loved his GenreBusting style and visual invention. Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/JohnLennon loved his film ''Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt'' as did several other rock stars of the 1960s. In fact, Music/TheBeatles recorded "Birthday" from ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' after having watched "The Girl Can't Help It" the night before on TV and being in a RockAndRoll nostalgic mood.
** Creator/JohnWaters has also acknowledged Tashlin's influence on his films, expressed [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3vyvEPgOw here]], where he gushes over ''Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt.''
** His cartoon work has just as many fans, with many accolades from historians, directors and animators alike, including Creator/JohnKricfalusi, Creator/JoeDante and Creator/EricGoldberg.
* DisownedAdaptation: He hated Chuck Jones' adaptation of "The Bear That Wasn't", as he felt the story's message got muddled.

* ProductionPosse: Tashlin worked on too many JerryLewis movies to count, both as a solo act and when he was teamed with DeanMartin. He also worked often with Creator/BobHope and Creator/JayneMansfield, so much so with the latter that she filled the role of his muse.

'''Frank Tashlin''' (1913-1972) was a prominent animator, writer, and director of both cartoons and live action films. His most notable work was done for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio]] during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, having three seperate stints at the place.

'''Frank Tashlin''' (1913-1972) was a prominent animator, writer, and director of both cartoons and live action films. His most notable work was done for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio]] during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, having three seperate stints at the place.

In 1936, Leon managed to lure Tashlin back to his studio, giving him a position as a director there, right during a time when Creator/TexAvery was starting to take the studio away from its Creator/{{Disney}} roots in favor of faster paced, more cartoony shorts. Frank jumped right in, getting off to a good head start with "Porky's Poultry Plant", where he adapted live action style fast-cutting and dynamic camera angles into his cartoons, giving them a cinematic, energetic feeling lacking from Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng's cartoon shorts. Despite this, he wasn't particularly happy due to him being stuck working on PorkyPig cartoons, which Tashlin later admitted was his least favorite character.

* The Bear That Wasn't: An animated short based off of his book, directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

** Creator/JohnWaters has also acknowledged Tashlin's influence on his films, expressed [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3vyvEPgOw here]], where he gushes over ''Film/TheGirlCan'tHelpIt.''

** Creator/JohnWaters has also acknowledged Tashlin's influence on his films, expressed [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3vyvEPgOw here]], where he gushes over "The Girl Can't Help It."

Initially, Tashlin cut his teeth working for [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] as an animator on the ''Aesops Film Fables'' series of cartoons, only to quickly drift off to another animation stint at Creator/VanBeurenStudios. Finally, in 1932, he found work at the then-rising WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon studio, working as an animator, while working on a short lived comic strip in his spare time called ''Van Boring'', the name being obvious jab at his previous boss. When Leon tried to swindle Frank into giving him a cut of the comics profits, Frank told him to shove it and promptly lost his job as a result. Once again adrift, he did a brief stint at the UbIwerks cartoon studio in 1934, only to leave in 1935 to be a writer on Hal Roach's ''[[Film/TheLittleRascals Our Gang]]'' series of live comedies. During this time, he learned quite a bit about live-action film-making, including film-camera techniques.

'''''Frank Tashlin''''' (1913-1972) was a prominent animator, writer, and director of both cartoons and live action films. His most notable work was done for the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio]] during TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation, having three seperate stints at the place.

Initially, Tashlin cut his teeth working for [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] as an animator on the ''Aesops Film Fables'' series of cartoons, only to quickly drift off to another animation stint at Creator/VanBeurenStudios. Finally, in 1932, he found work at the then-rising WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon studio, working as an animator, while working on a short lived comic strip in his spare time called Van Boring, the name being obvious jab at his previous boss. When Leon tried to swindle Frank into giving him a cut of the comics profits, Frank told him to shove it and promptly lost his job as a result. Once again adrift, he did a brief stint at the UbIwerks cartoon studio in 1934, only to leave in 1935 to be a writer on Hal Roach's ''[[Film/TheLittleRascals Our Gang]]'' series of live comedies. During this time, he learned quite a bit about live-action film-making, including film-camera techniques.

In 1936, Leon managed to lure Tashlin back to his studio, giving him a position as a director there, right during a time when Creator/TexAvery was starting to take the studio away from its {{Disney}} roots in favor of faster paced, more cartoony shorts. Frank jumped right in, getting off to a good head start with "Porky's Poultry Plant", where he adapted live action style fast-cutting and dynamic camera angles into his cartoons, giving them a cinematic, energetic feeling lacking from Creator/TexAvery and Creator/FrizFreleng's cartoon shorts. Despite this, he wasn't particularly happy due to him being stuck working on PorkyPig cartoons, which Tashlin later admitted was his least favorite character.

He would once again return to Creator/WarnerBros in 1943, this time bringing a stylized, magazine-like angular designs to his new shorts. Some of these later shorts of his had noticeable sexual themes, particularly ''WesternAnimation/PlaneDaffy'' (which had a femme fatale character named Hata Mari, whose blond hair and top-heavy hourglass figure would be a reality in the form of JayneMansfield) and "Stupid Cupid". It's been said that the difference between Creator/BobClampett's cartoons and Frank Tashlin's cartoons in terms of risqué humor is that Tashlin was more polished and subtle while Clampett was broader, wilder, and more adolescent.