{"id":3634,"date":"2013-06-06T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T07:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2023-04-05T19:35:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T02:35:51","slug":"pastrytown-wedding-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/pastrytown-wedding-1934\/","title":{"rendered":"“Pastrytown Wedding” (1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve asked me to “do the honors” this week a select a favorite to highlight from one of his discs. That is a daunting task. But here’s a little film I always liked, the first Rainbow Parade<\/em> cartoon, Pastrytown Wedding<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Producer Amadee Van Beuren was desperate to compete with rivals Disney and Fleischer, and in 1934 brought in Disney’s Burt Gillette (Three Little Pigs<\/em>) to upgrade the quality of their product and take the studio into color production. Van Beuren started his association with Gillett by producing the short-lived kid-centric live action\/animation series, Toddle Tales<\/em>. Gillette then worked with independent producer Ted Eshbaugh to create two sponsored cartoons: Pastrytown Wedding<\/em> for New York’s Cushman’s Bakery and Sunshine Makers<\/em> for Bordens. Both productions were fashioned as commercial films and, with a little revision, were released as theatrical cartoons for RKO. <\/p>\n

On Steve’s excellent Toddle Tales and Rainbow Parade Cartoons<\/em><\/a> DVD collection, he features this beautiful (and rare) color print of the theatrical version – and a clip of the alternate Cushman version<\/a> (in black & white). The DVD version is of much better quality than the You Tube embed below… <\/p>\n