Since this seems like the right place to talk about this, I'd like to say the Lantz-Bray cartoons have recently been of interest to me, and I'm glad that most of these survive (albeit out of circulation), as from what I've seen their quite entertaining. I recently received a DVD full of 1920s silents, mostly cartoons out of circulation. One of these was the Dinky PETER PAN HANDLED (to be featured on this very set!), telling the tale of Peter Pan. It came from a mid 1930s silent print that seems to of been intended as apart of a sound reissue that never got released theatrically (cropped for a track, no intertitles). Despite this, the cartoon was easy to follow
The cartoon starts with Lantz cooking some eggs for himself, plus Dinky and Weakheart to comic effect. Meanwhile, Peter Pan is outside enjoying himself to their milk bottle delivery, Lantz tries to stomp him like a bug but only catches his shadow, putting it in a safe. When the gang is asleep, Peter comes inside to recover his shadow, and then introduces himself to Dinky and Weakheart who come with him to Neverland. Instead of Tinkerbell, the boys use balloons. When they arrive in Neverland, the cartoon becomes a funny chase between the Lost Boys and Captain Hook and Smee, which eventually leads them back to Lantz's apartment where he beats the crap out of the two Pirates while the gang cheers him on. There were lots of fun gags (Limburger Cheese chasing away skunks, Smee cleaning Hook with his beard, Bear kissing Weakheart and using his nose for pool), as well as some quick little animated takes throughout for additional humor, something that was common in Lantz's silents, probably as a quick gag. A particularly good one is when Smee's beard comes off in a scene as a question mark and lands on Hook's jaw.
The print wasn't the best looking (see below), but
this old blog has many photos from the Cartoon Factory airing which should satisfy those here. Additionally, Tommy's Kickstarter updates mention that a 35mm is the primary for his restoration, which'll be nice to see soon
Additionally, I've gotten to see DINKY DOODLE IN EGYPT from another source. After Lantz leaves them to clean at home to go to a party, the primary action takes place in a Chariot Race between Dinky and a mummy (parodying the recent BEN HUR) for an Egyptian princess' hand. It was an even funnier cartoon, lots of good gags and funny drawings. It was even better than PAN HANDLED and the animation was a notable step up, feeling a bit more looser and flexible. I can't wait for more of these to be available if they maintain a good average like these entries!