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\n\u2022 Friday<\/strong>: More film scans for some of the \u2018special\u2019 sets as well as some stop motion films I\u2019m looking forward to a little break for a day or two. If you didn\u2019t get Cartoons to the Rescue<\/em> yet, we should have the rest of them all out the door in the coming few days\u2026 so sorry to all for taking so long.<\/p>\n Watching all of these projects in progress at the same time is dizzying, but I\u2019m enjoying seeing how nice the material is looking. I\u2019m somewhat exhausted but happy that things are going well.<\/p>\n Fleischer Rarities<\/em> isn\u2019t back from replication yet, but since I said I would show some things from it, here\u2019s a little sneak peak of what the bonus materials are on the set:<\/p>\n \n \u2026..and a sneak peek at one of the finished films: Finding his Voice<\/em> (1929).<\/p>\n Of course, you\u2019ve probably seen this film before; it was a fun one to steady and clean up. The film was produced while the Fleischers were sharing space with Audio Productions, a small studio that made educational materials as well as providing post work to various film productions made in New York. This film was one of a series of shorts made for Western Electric. Funny enough, Audio Productions seems to have kept the Western Electric contract\/ account, producing a sequel to this film called Family Album<\/em> with Paul Terry (who took Fleischer\u2019s place as a resident of the Audio Productions facility).<\/p>\n The film presents an incredibly dry (by overall simple and understandable) explanation of how sound on films works. “Talkie”, the talking piece of film (played by early recording artist Billy Murray) takes “Mutie”, the silent piece of film to visit Dr. Western, who appears to be a caricature of Bell Lab\u2019s brilliant pioneering physicist Harvey Fletcher (and quite possibly is the voice of \u2018Dr. Western\u2019 as well). He was the director of Bell Labs at this point in history. Although it isn’t confirmed that indeed this is him. it would be a really interesting side note if it is. His many inventions and innovations include being the father of stereophonic sound.<\/p>\n Harvey Fletcher with Leopold!<\/p><\/div>\n It\u2019s pretty clear that this particular film was post-synced (audio added after the animation was produced). This is a little ironic since the film is about synchronization, and often has very poor sync to mouth action. My guess is that it was much too \u2018wordy\u2019 to attempt to sync everything up at the time. It\u2019s an interesting little short in the Fleischer history timeline, and nice to have an improved version (in HD too!). Special thanks to Tommy Jose Stathes for lending this terrific print!<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Saturday<\/strong>: viewing and rejecting some 2k scans that had DVNR all over them, erasing lines on a bunch of the characters! They\u2019ll be redone this week.
\n\u2022 Sunday<\/strong>: building a new master on \u2018Missle to the Moon\u2019. Reviewng Noveltoons cleanups and working on some
\n\u2022 Monday:<\/strong> Scheduling for pulling and scanning more Rainbow Parades and Comi-Colors, more Nolvetoon cleanup
\n\u2022 Tuesday<\/strong>: Reviewing and doing Flip the Frog cleanup
\n\u2022 Wednesday:<\/strong> prepping more films for Friday scan, sending more \u2018Cartoons to the Rescue\u2019 discs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bonus-features-fleischer600.jpg\")
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