Thunderbean Update: ’Stop Motion Marvels’ Blu-ray Pre-order
Here’s one of the curios: A Desert Dilemma (1930), a short commercial produced at Audio Productions for Aetna Insurance, animated by Cy Young.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
“A is for Atom” (1952) … and the Frustrations of Dealing With Deteriorating Physical Media
This 15 minute short, produced for General Electric, does a pretty good job explaining some fairly complex ideas, presenting them to a (presumedly) High School Audience.
“Grandfather’s Clock” (1934) and Current Updates
One of the creepiest cartoons we’ve ever seen — based on the scary live action grandfather clock face. If this kind of thing scares you too, skip the live action and just watch the animation
Raw Rainbow Parade Transfers: “The Rag Dog” (1935) and “Scotty Finds a Home” (1935)
I thought it might be a good week to show a couple of prints that, for the most part, will *not* be on the Rainbow Parades set.
“Fleischer Rarities” blu-ray Finished – and Ready To Ship!
The “Fleischer Rarities” Blu-ray is done and I’m shipping it to customers now. And a progress report on a Van Beuren rarity: “Bird Scouts”.
Re-assembling ‘Rainbows’ for Blu-ray
Here’s a sort of half progress report and some idea of how the little details of one of the Thunderbean sets come together.
Iwerks “Comi Color” Pre-Order – and A “Rainbow Parade” Preview
This week: ComiColor Vol. 1 Blu-ray pre-order – plus more lost Van Beuren title cards, some clips – and more!
Scanning Animation You’ve Never Seen or Heard Before
I’ve begun to look forward to new surprises as I scan original title sequences from various 35mm master elements. Here are a few from my recent Rainbow Parade and ComiColor scans.
Fleischer Rarities: “Finding his Voice” (1929)
This oddball Fleischer short presents an incredibly dry (by overall simple and understandable) explanation of how sound-on-films works.
‘The Wizard’s Apprentice’ (1930)
This little trick film, although not animated, must have been seen by Disney and his staff at some point before or during the production of Fantasia.
