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TTTP In Exile / Re: The Special Thunderbean 'fundraiser' Discs available for one week....

« Last post by telzall on Today at 05:14:37 am »

  Almost all of these title are not known to me.  Where can I go to research these titles to determine what discs I'd want?
I have already purchased discs 1 4 6 8 and 10; but, I'm concerned I'm missing good stuff on the others (no doubt).
I'm very excited about my purchase and I don't want to have buyers remorse, in reverse.  If you know what I mean.

Wow! Too bad I don't have enough money, or I'd consider getting them all. 

Does the print of Texas Tom on "The Telecine has Landed" have its original titles?

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TTTP In Exile / Re: Animation in Marx Brothers movies

« Last post by wowzers on May 20, 2013, 07:59:21 pm »

Don't know if it predates 1932 but early Leon Schlesinger movies had 'em. At least a B Western John Wayne film. Was it titled "Haunted Gold"? I'm going by pure memory.

Very good! I looked it up and, indeed, it is "Haunted Gold" and it does have animation during the opening credits--some "ghost" bats fly toward the screen! Thanks for the tip!

Anybody know of any others?

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TTTP In Exile / References of the Marx Brothers in animation

« Last post by rodineisilveira on May 20, 2013, 07:07:55 pm »

Have you noticed that the cartoons also brought references of the Marx Brothers (among them, Groucho Marx)?
Very well. I remember of a Snagglepuss episode, titled Remember the Daze - originally featured in the classical Yogi Bear Show (Hanna-Barbera/Columbia Pictures, 1960-63) -, which had a scene where Snag appears impersonating Groucho Marx to entertain Major Minor (who was chasing him around the studios fom a TV station).
Does anyone remember of this scene?

 

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TTTP In Exile / Re: YouTube Thread, Part 14

« Last post by Debbie on May 20, 2013, 04:50:37 pm »

What's wrong with Mighty Mouse on that title card?  He looks creepy!

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General Discussion / Re: Cartoon Network Looney Tunes Daily Airings

« Last post by Looney Tunes Fan on May 20, 2013, 04:05:14 pm »

Well, at least nothing is cut off unlike those two Super-Star sets. That was horrible treatment of the shorts on WB's part.

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General Discussion / Re: Check out this upcoming Hanna Barbera Set

« Last post by wiley207 on May 20, 2013, 11:49:38 am »

This set is due to be out on Tuesday, however, I have a feeling content wise, we will be disappointed.  It sounds like Warners still couldn't clear the music rights, so episode changes may be made and Ruff and Reddy may not be represented.

I just hope they don't even go as far redubbing the Ruff and Reddy cartoons, like they did with the old Gumby episodes in 1988 (the cheesy MIDI synth music and the mostly different voice cast.) But then again, they were able to release some of the "Seely Six" Warner Bros. cartoons on home video, but theatrical music rights are most likely different from television rights.
I also recall this problem happened with Golden Book Video. The original 1985 version of their opening logo used a modified KPM stock music track with extra synth effects added. It was replaced in 1986 with a sound-alike fanfare that was most likely an original composition; I guess Golden Book Video did not want to have to pay the royalties each time they released a new video with the logo's old music...

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TTTP In Exile / Re: Animation in Marx Brothers movies

« Last post by Bryan_Brown on May 20, 2013, 05:35:35 am »

Don't know if it predates 1932 but early Leon Schlesinger movies had 'em. At least a B Western John Wayne film. Was it titled "Haunted Gold"? I'm going by pure memory.

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TTTP In Exile / Re: Popeye on Warner Archive

« Last post by Bryan_Brown on May 20, 2013, 05:26:49 am »

I don't get why you guys are comparing these to Clutch Cargo

Clutch Cargo is the bottom of the barrel of '60s animation, These are (like it or not) animation with some effort
If anything they should be in the same league as Hal Seeger's cartoons (Batfink, Milton the Monster) -- as in the "so bad, it's good" category

Nice post Cyber Fox, I'm in agreement over Clutch Cargo. No hard feelings eh?

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TTTP In Exile / Animation in Marx Brothers movies

« Last post by wowzers on May 19, 2013, 11:48:58 pm »

Hi all,

I pulled out my Marx Brothers movie collection this weekend, when I noticed the animation done during the opening credits to two of their films. "Horse Feathers" from 1932 has the briefest of animated sequences--it lasts about 3 seconds, where an animated horse gallops towards the screen. "Room Service" from 1938 doesn't have much more--animated caricatures of the Marx Brothers appear above a wall, then they each open and close a door. Altogether, maybe 5 seconds of animation.

Does anybody know who animated these sequences? "Horse Feathers" was made by Paramount, so it would be natural for Fleischer to have done it. However, the animation doesn't look particularly Fleischer-esque, and given that the sequence is so short and the film was made in Hollywood while Fleischer Studios were in New York, perhaps another studio was contracted?

Same goes for "Room Service". It's an RKO picture, and the animation looks like it could possibly be Disney, but it seems that Disney would have bigger fish to fry.

Does anybody have any background on these?

Also, can you think of any other films from the 1930s or before with animation in the credits? This page has a bunch of examples, but the earliest are The Lady Eve (1941) and Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948):

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnimatedCreditsOpening

Just curious--are these two Marx Brothers films the earliest live action feature films with animation in the credits?

Thanks!

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TTTP In Exile / Re: The Special Thunderbean 'fundraiser' Discs available for one week....

« Last post by Retro00064 on May 19, 2013, 04:39:02 pm »

Hey Gabriel:

Why not just order Steve's disc that has Texas Tom on it and see the original titles for yourself when the disc arrives? Considering that the value of the print itself is likely up in the triple digits, not to mention the value of the prints of all the other cartoons on the disc (some of those prints may even be one of, if not the only known-to-exist print of a cartoon!), and that Steve has shelled out good money to transfer this stuff to share with us enthusiasts as pretty much a labor of love (he did say in the opening post that these special/"fundraiser" discs often don't make enough money to cover the transfer costs), that $12 + $3 shipping that it would cost to get the disc is a great deal in my opinion, even if the disc only contained Texas Tom. And if WB has decided not to use Steve's print to restore the original titles for the second Tom and Jerry Golden Collection, then getting Steve's disc would mean that you'd still be able to see the original titles.

Edited to add: If Steve's okay with it, then maybe screenshots of the original titles could be sent to Eutychus at some point for display on the Internet Animation Database website.

@looneytooney:

Sure, the body of a film, not the titles, is the main and most important part of the film. But the titles are still part of the film, and worth appreciating and even discussing at times, especially in cases like this where we're talking about original titles that were replaced for reissue and have since become very rare.

Just my thoughts,

Zachary.