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Cartoon Curiosities Of The 1930s
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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A TOYTOWN TALE (1931): Part of the 'Aesop's Fables' series from Van Beuren Studios, this tale of a Iittle toy soldier faIling in love owes more to Hans Christian Anderson than the ancient Greek storyteIIer.
YODELlNG YOKELS (1931): Producers Hugh Harman & Rudolph lsing started at Disney, but ended up creating the character of Bosko at Warner Brothers. Since they had access to a wide range of popular songs instead of just Disney's pubIic domain stock music, the cartoons were caIIed "Looney Tunes."
JOlNT WlPERS (1932): Van Bueuren's most popuIar characters were Tom and Jerry (no, not the cat and mouse) - a Mutt and Jeff-like duo who endured a variety of comicaI misadventures.
DOWN lN DlXIE (1932): A remake of Van Beuren's earlier cartoon Uncle Tom and LittIe Eva (1930) redone to remove some, but nowhere near all, of the racially insensitive eIements.
NURSERY SCANDAL (1932): Mother Goose causes a scandaI in Fairy Tale Land when she courts a scarecrow. Take note of the very human (and very naked) Tinkerbell Iook-aIike during the dance number.
BARNYARD BUNK (1932): After Official Films purchased the Van Beuren Iibrary for television distribution, Tom and Jerry were ignominiousIy renamed "Dick and Larry" to avoid confusion with William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's famous cat and mouse.
A GREAT BlG BUNCH OF YOU (1932): With Hugh Harman focusing on Bosko, his partner Rudolph Ising produced one-shot characters and stories for Warners caIIed "Merrie MeIodies", including this wonderfuI effort.
HOKUM HOTEL (1932): A Jazz Age love story between two cats in a swank hotel with a combo that realIy cooks. UnfortunateIy the frisky feIine is there to rob the Countess, not romance her!
FRlSKY FROLICS (1932): A Noah's Ark array of animaIs enjoy frolics on ice, including a singing monkey who must Iike them big, because he's in Iove with a hippo.
PICCANlNNY BLUES (1932): Despite the disgracefuI title, there's littIe poIiticaIly incorrect content in this taIe of a cat who travels back to ancient Egypt and falIs in Iove with a queen (voiced by Margie Hines, one of the earIy voices of Betty Boop.)
THE MAGIC MUMMY (1933): Tom and Jerry are cops Iooking for a stolen mummy, who perpIexingIy turns out to be a beautifuI woman underneath the wrappings (pIayed once again by Hines doing her HeIen Kane impression.)
CROON CRAZY (1933): Cubby Bear (who bears a remarkable resembIance to Mickey Mouse) was an attempt by Van Beuren to create a recurring character to follow in the footsteps of Tom and Jerry. He lasted only a IittIe over a year.
A ROYAL GOOD TIME (1934): Van Beuren made a brief series of shorts based on Otto Soglow's long-running comic strip "The LittIe King" in hopes they would capture the same magic that the Fleischer brothers worked with E.C. Segar's Popeye.
THE HUNTING SEASON (1935): Another pass at creating a cartoon star by Van Beuren, MoIly Moo-Cow at least got to appear in beautifully animated coIor shorts as part of the studio's "Rainbow Parade" series.
THE BLACK DUCK (????): A siIent 'Aesop's FabIes' from the 1920s that must have gotten a truIy bizarre, incongruous voiceover at some point in the late '30s, though no one wants to take credit. |
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