La Cava’s Legacy

In his otherwise excellent article “Drawn to Live-Action Directing” (Dec. 30), Michael Mallory is in error when he states, “The first cartoon director to leave his mark on mainstream Hollywood . . . was Frank Tashlin.”

Actually, the honors more properly belong to Gregory La Cava, the director of such classic films as “My Man Godfrey.” La Cava began his movie career in animation, running Hearst’s International Film Service, which produced “Krazy Kat” and “The Katzenjammer Kids” cartoons, with a crew that included Walter Lantz; he later worked for Bray Studios in the 1920s before switching over to live action.

HARVEY DENEROFF

Winnetka