Forests of Cartoons – and ‘Any Rags’ (1932)
Bimbo goes on a musical salvaging journey and ends up happy with a little money, a house (albeit made of trash) and a new girlfriend in Betty Boop.
Bimbo goes on a musical salvaging journey and ends up happy with a little money, a house (albeit made of trash) and a new girlfriend in Betty Boop.
I thought it might be interesting to see and hear some of the reasons to use one print over another.
Here’s part of a reel of commercials that showed up today, produced by Cal Dunn studios. I’m guessing its from the late 50s and you can join me as I watch it for the first time. I hope its good!
I thought I’d pull a few examples from my projects to demonstrate some of the issues involved in trying to make the best versions of these things possible.
I transferred a work print of The Crystal Brawl in standard def a few years back, with the full frame showing, to capture the peg bars. I thought you’d like to see it.
It’s pretty cute and has some nicely executed animation at times. As far as I know, a color print has yet to show up on this title, although it does appear that 16mm prints were made in the mid-40s.
This ‘chat’ is about film collecting, digital cleanup, Vinegar Syndrome, and even a little 9.5mm and 28mm thrown in for good measure.
Here, in no particular order, are 5 ‘essential’ films from various animated theatrical and TV series. Would love to see five of yours – and why!
This tidy little one-reeler features our two heros, Turp and Tine, animated workmen, explaining the process of creating this magical liquid with nifty animated diagrams.
While I continue to fulfill Thunderbean back orders, my friend Eric Grayson writes about his heroic efforts to research and restore a rare Mutt & Jeff cartoon.