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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9786305269144
Format: Animated, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 6305269149
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Image Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
MPN: 014381468120
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: March 09, 1999
Running Time: 156 minutes
Studio: Image Entertainment
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Twenty-one rare cartoons.
Amazon.com:
Despite its talented staff, the Van Beuren Studio, which existed from 1928 to 1936, never rose above the level of a "B" cartoon house. Their talking version of Felix the Cat, who appears in "Bold King Cole" (1936) and "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg" (1936), has none of zest of the silent character animated by Otto Messmer. Their original characters, Molly Moo-Cow and Cubby Bear, are awkward-looking nonentities. The "Rainbow Parade" series was clearly designed to compete with Walt Disney's "Silly Symphonies," but the films lack the polished animation, innovative designs, and focused storytelling of the Disney shorts. Some of the Van Beuren cartoons are genuinely odd: "Opening Night" (1933) celebrates the opening of the lavish Roxy Theater in New York; "In a Cartoon Studio" (a.k.a. "Making 'Em Move," 1931) spoofs the animation process with scenes of robust chaos. Modern viewers are more likely to find the rubber-lipped cannibals in "Molly Moo-Cow and Robinson Crusoe" (1936) and the jazz-singing black skeletons in "Wot a Night" (1931) outrageous, if not downright offensive. This is an interesting collection for those interested in animation history, but time--and audiences--has forgotten these cartoons with good reason. --Charles Solomon
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First, let me quote animation historian Leonard Maltin: "The Van Beuren studio is the least-known cartoon company of the 1930s, yet its brief history is dotted with interesting films and major animation talents".
Although I think this DVD could be a little cheaper, I found some magnificent examples of colossal imagination and, overall, I think this is way more interesting than the two volumes devoted to Ub Iwerks in this same "Cartoons that Time Forgot" series.
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Great quality on these old cartoons! Maybe they have been restored. Contains many cartoons that I saw as a child many years ago.
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KINO's FREE FORM FAIRY TALES videotape is a typically fine gathering of nicely-preserved animations, this time from Ub Iwerks. The shorts are in "Cinecolor" and all demonstrate this animator's free-wheeling style. Tape is recorded in SP mode and has HiFi audio.
Also from KINO:
THE RAINBOW PARADES features polished Technicolor shorts from the final days of Van Beuren studios.
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ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP (1934) - Young Aladdin works ... Read More
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Considering the age of these cartoons, the reproduction quality of the video and audio was excellent.
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Van Beuren was a B-grade animation studio in the Max Fleischer vein. Regardless of the tight budgets, Van Beuren produced some bizarre and truly memorable cartoons during the early 1930s - particularly those featuring the musical antics of Tom and Jerry. "Cartoons That Time Forgot" includes some of the duo's best shorts: "Piano Tooners," "Wot a Night" and "The Tuba Tooter." Another minor classic is "The Sunshine Makers" (1935) in which cheerful dwarfs conquer grim-faced gremlins with bottles of sunshine. ... Read More
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