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Title: "Classic 1930's Van
Beuren Cartoons Volume 2 featuring Cubby The
Bear"
Running Time:
67 minutes - B&W
ISBN 1-56629-022-8
Retail: $29.95
Bosko Video is proud to announce the release of
the next volume in our
historic retrospective of
the Van Beuren Studio.
These animated classics
were made in 1933, and are
typical of the unique pioneering animation
style
of the period. Most of these films have
been unattainable for years.
Some
films were released to
1950's t.v., but had the titles changed. Bosko
Video
has restored these
titles.
As is our custom, all of
these tapes are duplicated in SP speed in
Hi-Fi.
The films are also slightly
window-boxed to avoid overscan picture
loss.
These films are invaluable
to colleges, universities and film
students.
With the ever-growing
interest in animation and animation art
collecting,
this series is in demand by
animation afficionados
everywhere.
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Nine cartoons are presented
on this tape: 1933 "Opening Night", 1933 "Love's
Labor Won", 1933 "The Last
Mail", 1933 "Bubbles And Troubles", 1933
"Barking Dogs, 1933 "Fresh
Ham", 1933 "Indian Whoopee", 1933 "Nut
Factory",
1933 "World
Flight".
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REVIEW
In 1933, Mannie Davis proposed a series of cartoons starring
a roly-
poly bear named Cubby. Van Beuren jumped at the
idea and immediately set
him to work on the
series. Though Cubby
closely resembled Disney's
success-
ful mouse, he never looked
quite the same from film to film. The
studio
stopped producing Cubby
cartoons in 1934, when Burt Gillett came over
from
Disney Studios to make the
color Rainbow Parade cartoons.
Sadly, few people
remember him today. Bosko Video has come to the
rescue with a video
collection featuring Cubby's
greatest films. The
cartoons are peppy and
fun, representing animation
in its pioneering early days, before
techniques
became overly complicated
and realistic. The
Cubby cartoons look quite
good, with nicely painted
backgrounds and expressive personality
animation.
Best of all, Bosko Video has
gone to great pains to locate the most
complete
source material
available. To assure
first-class video transfers, the
film
elements have been
meticulously wet-gated to keep annoying scratches at
a
minimum. The soundtracks are
consistently clear and clean, and the video
is
slightly window-boxed to
avoid image cutoff at the edges of the screen.
All
in all, Cubby has never
looked and sounded so good, and the time is ripe
for
him to be rediscovered and
take his rightful place in animation
history.
Stephen Worth - STORYBOARD
MAGAZINE
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