I learned today that Echo Bridge has announced that they will release the Fleischer 'Color Classics' , licensing them from the original negatives. They've found that all the films were originally sponsored commercials, and these version will include the original advertising sections.
Some of the sponsors include:
Poor Cinderella- Sponsored originally by Ford
Song of the Birds- Daisy air rifles and the American Humane Association
Little Dutch Mill- American Dairy Association (this version has the villagers fixing up the old man with Dutch Milk, from Dutch Dairy Farms in New York)
Fresh Vegetable Mystery- The Grand Rapid Wholesale Grocery Company (aka Spartan Stores)
Play Safe- Sponsored by Lionel Trains
Somewhere in Dreamland- American National Candy Board. This version has closeup shots of the characters eating MARS bars
Christmas Comes but Once a Year- Sponsored by Christmas Seals
Greedy Humpty Dumpty- Sponsored by St. Luke Generosity Church
Hold It! - Sponsored by Bordan's Milk
Little Lamby- Sponsored by American's Wool Producers and Shavers
Hunky and Spunky- Sponsored by Good Neighbor Policy and Anti-animal slavery assoiciation
Also included on the set are the sponsored Popeye Cartoon 'Spinach Canning
Syndicate' and well as 'A Date to Eat', a rare cartoon featuring.......
April FOOLS!
