The Golden Arm is a short animation in production. It is a classic ghost story, often told by Mark Twain to audiences to demonstrate the concept of timing in storytelling. The animation will depict the story based upon the rendition in Maria Leach's ghost story compilation, The Thing At The Foot Of The Bed. The Story (in brief): Man's wife, Elvira, has a solid gold arm which she loves dearly. She makes him promise to bury her with the arm when she dies. She dies. He keeps his promise...but not for long. Submitting to his greed, he retrieves the arm, only to be haunted by her wailing voice. She soon appears and, well, for the ending you'll just have to wait to see the animation. :) Storyboards, concept art, and animatic have been completed, as has the modeling of all the characters and sets. Animation is well under way. Images: Close-up of the ghost of the wife (and she's not happy about missing her arm). Actual frame from the animation of Elvira in the same conversation as the image below - making her husband promise to bury her with her arm. Actual frame from the animation of the husband talking to his wife before she dies. Test shot of Elvira, lying in her casket. Test shot of the graveyard where Elvira is burried. Black and white photo of the happy couple from some years back - used in the opening shot of the animation. Full body render of the main character and Close-up of the main character (showing the anguish of his deed). Concept art for the main character.