Sony Pictures and Shout Factory have announced the release date of a long-delayed DVD collection, Mr. Magoo: The Theatrical Collection (1949-1959). The four-disc boxed set will be available on April ...

Shout! Factory has set a release date for its long-awaited (and long-delayed) DVD set Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection: The Theatrical Collection, 1949-1959. The four-disc set, which collects all 53 ...

I remember Jim Backus vividly as James Dean’s father in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955). But Backus was best with comedy, including “I Married Joan,” an early ’50s sitcom in which he portrayed a judge.

"Mr. Magoo: The Theatrical Collection" Cleveland native Jim Backus may be best known for providing the voice of myopic millionaire Mr. Magoo, who first appeared in a 1949 cartoon, "Ragtime Bear." The ...

As Mickey Mouse was for the Depression and Bugs Bunny for World War II, so the acutely nearsighted Mr. Magoo was for the atomic age: An animated mascot, whose 53 theatrical cartoons have been ...

Screenwriter Millard Kaufman, who co-created the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, was nominated for Academy Awards for his screenplays and won a cult following as a first-time novelist at the age of 90, ...

“Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol,” the first animated yuletide special, premiered on NBC in 1962 and introduced a lot of youngsters to Charles Dickens’ beloved “A Christmas Carol.” Featuring a melodic ...

The other shoe has dropped! Two years ago, TCM released the UPA Jolly Frolics Collection – 38 must-have Columbia theatrical cartoons from the 1950s including several Oscar winners like Gerald McBoing ...