Van Beuren’s “Pastrytown Wedding” (1934)
How many folks here remember seeing this cartoon when growing up on local television? I’d love to hear your memories of that.
How many folks here remember seeing this cartoon when growing up on local television? I’d love to hear your memories of that.
This is a pretty fun cartoon to just listen to the soundtrack for – a great reminder of how nicely composed the tracks are on Famous Studios films.
Off the top of my head, here are some of my favorite stylized things from the 50s.
It’s not the top cartoon of the series, but I thought I’d share it this week – a scan from Mark Kausler’s very nice 16mm print.
I’ve always been fascinated by the really odd films that are a part of the regular release schedules at pretty much every studio. Here’s one from Lantz.
I thought it might be fun to share just the TV spots from one of my Linus negatives.
Forget “The Fablemans” – We want more Fabletoons! Full of “worldly animals”, this was an attempt to add sound to Paul Terry’s silent films.
Here’s some of my own personal favorites that showed up on those sets.
The most obscure cartoons on your “Wanted” checklist. Here’s my choices — now it’s time for yours!
This isn’t a really bad cartoon, but there’s really not much to recommend it either – unless you are a diehard fan of 60s Lantz.