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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:13 pm
by Maerj
ichabod wrote:
Maerj wrote:As an evergreen? I never heard that term before.
An "evergreen" is a title that is constantly available. i.e. not something available in limited number like the Treasures, or limited time like the Platinums. They are title which will be constantly available until a time Disney decided to stop manufacturing further print runs.
Ah okay, thank you! :)

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 8:35 pm
by DL-Craze
How many of the 57 Alice Comedies survive. Officially, we have 7, on other DVD's i've seen they have 24 more, so there has to be 31 or more that suvive, anyone know?

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:53 pm
by Escapay
DL-Craze wrote:How many of the 57 Alice Comedies survive. Officially, we have 7, on other DVD's i've seen they have 24 more, so there has to be 31 or more that suvive, anyone know?
This is an old list from January 2007, with 17 Alice Comedies that I knew of and what DVDs they were from (Disney Rarities, Inkwell Images, VCI, or I Love Cartoon). It has yet to be updated with the Alice shorts on the Oswald disc, or any other releases since January (or releases I simply didn't know about). All releases are R1, with the exception of "I Love Cartoon", which is R2 Japan.

1923:
Alice's Wonderland - Disney Rarities (complete version, 12 minutes)
Alice's Wonderland - Alice in Wonderland: Masterpiece Edition (incomplete version, 8 minutes)

1924:
Alice's Wild West Show - Disney Rarities
Alice Gets in Dutch - Disney Rarities

1925:
Alice the Toreador - Inkwell
Alice Solves the Puzzle - VCI, Inkwell, I Love Cartoon
Alice's Egg Plant - Disney Rarities, VCI, Inkwell
Alice’s Tin Pony - VCI
Alice Chops the Suey - VCI, I Love Cartoon
Alice the Jail Bird - VCI, I Love Cartoon
Alice Rattled by Rats - VCI, Inkwell, I Love Cartoon
Alice in the Jungle - Disney Rarities, VCI, Inkwell, I Love Cartoon

1926:
Alice on the Farm - Inkwell, I Love Cartoon
Alice’s Orphan - VCI, Inkwell
Alice's Balloon Race - VCI
Alice's Little Parade - I Love Cartoon
Alice's Mysterious Mystery - Disney Rarities

1927:
Alice the Whaler - Disney Rarities, VCI, Inkwell

Scaps

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 11:02 pm
by Mr. Toad
I found an article from a few years ago that referred to Alice's Spanish Guitar being found and raisning the number to 37. I know I have seen the list somewhere before - likely golden age cartoons forum or kanimation history forum.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 9:07 am
by ramapith
"New" silent Disney cartoons do turn up from time to time. ALICE'S SPANISH GUITAR is at George Eastman House today. The Laugh-O-Gram GOLDILOCKS turned up at MoMA under an assumed name (the Laugh-O-Grams were retitled when their then-owner rereleased them with sound in 1929). OZZIE OF THE MOUNTED was discovered in two partial prints and reconstructed, whereas TALL TIMBER turned up in the Norwegian national film archives.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:07 am
by humphreybear
Mr. Toad wrote:
humphreybear wrote:PEOPLE AND PLACES: DISNEYLAND U.S.A.

I have this on vhs tape and I really like it - it is a color version of some of the early disneyland footage that was shown on the disneyland tv show in black and white.
I think this is actually bad news. I would of liked to seen all of the People and Places. I know it was on the list of proposed 08 Treasures but Leonard Maltin said several items had been rejected so I am worried.
Oh, I see what you are saying. I was so happy to get a copy of that favorite that I didn't think of the bigger picture.

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:56 pm
by Tony
I look forward to reading some early reviews for the Treasures!... I hope we don't have to wait too long!

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:04 am
by ichabod
This site: MouseClubhouse.com

Seems to have slightly more in depth press releases:

Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic
This comprehensive look at the “Happiest Place on Earth” features never-before-seen documentaries and featurettes that show the creativity and magic behind one of the world’s most famous and beloved destinations. The set will also include a vintage collectible of one of the original Disneyland Theme Park tickets.

Features include:

“Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic”: A revealing new documentary which includes archival footage, commentary from Walt himself and new interviews

“People and Places: Disneyland U.S.A.”: Released just one year after the Disneyland opening, this is one of the park’s first cinematic tours presented in Cinemascope and Technicolor with a newly restored 5.1 audio track.

“The Golden Horseshoe Revue,” “Disneyland Goes To The Worlds Fair” and “Disneyland Around The Seasons”: three original “Disneyland TV” broadcasts

“Operation Disneyland”: a closed-circuit piece made for ABC TV affiliates that illustrates the gigantic challenge of the park’s 1955 opening day live broadcast This internal broadcast has never been seen by the public before.

”Building Walt’s Dream: Disneyland Under Construction”: Also never-before-seen and showcasing color time-lapse footage of the construction of Disneyland. Features illuminating audio commentary from Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter.

“A Wonderful World of Disneyland” Trivia Game and Still Frame Gallery
The Chronological Donald Volume 3
“Chronological Donald, Volume 3” Features the most prolific character of “Walt’s Fab Five,” the short-tempered but hilarious Donald Duck in 31 solo shorts from 1947 through 1950. Bonus materials include:

“The Many Faces of Donald Duck”: A retrospective look at Donald’s career including insight from Tony Anselmo, Disney animator and the current voice of Donald

“Sculpting Donald”: Well-known Disney sculptor Ruben Procopio discusses the challenges of creating a 3D model of a 2D character

“Donald Duck on the Mickey Mouse Club”: an Easter Egg Hunt for all 10 variations of the Donald Duck gag at the end of the popular show’s opening titles
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
The Adventures of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit This double disc set features the legendary and rarely-seen Oswald, Walt Disney’s first big animated star (predating Mickey Mouse), who recently returned home to the Walt Disney Company. Produced from 1926 to 1928 with Walt’s personal touch, this collection of some of these silent shorts are revitalized with brand-new musical scores by well-known silent film accompanist and composer Robert Israel . Several of the shorts offer audio commentary from Animation Film Historians Leonard Maltin, Mark Kausler and Jerry Beck. Bonus features include:

“The Hand Behind the Mouse”: Full-length documentary about legendary cartoon director/animator, Ub Iwerks. He was Walt’s first employee, as well as Oswald and Mickey’s first animator, and subsequently became one of the unsung heroes of Disney animation. Narrated by Kelsey Grammer, this documentary was made by Ub’s granddaughter, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks.

Oswald Comes Home”: Tells how Oswald came back to the Disney studios. Features new interviews with Bob Iger, Roy Disney and Diane Disney Miller.

“The Work of Ub Iwerks”: Six examples of the unique creations of Ub Iwerks, before and after Oswald, are featured (a newly restored Steamboat Willie among them).

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:43 pm
by Mr. Toad
Thanks Icahbod. I really like the scores Robert Israel has done on some other silent stuff like Harold Lloyd. That is good news.

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:12 pm
by DL-Craze
ichabod wrote:This site: MouseClubhouse.com
“Chronological Donald, Volume 3” Features the most prolific character of “Walt’s Fab Five,” the short-tempered but hilarious Donald Duck in 31 solo shorts from 1947 through 1950. Bonus materials include:

“The Many Faces of Donald Duck”: A retrospective look at Donald’s career including insight from Tony Anselmo, Disney animator and the current voice of Donald

“Sculpting Donald”: Well-known Disney sculptor Ruben Procopio discusses the challenges of creating a 3D model of a 2D character

“Donald Duck on the Mickey Mouse Club”: an Easter Egg Hunt for all 10 variations of the Donald Duck gag at the end of the popular show’s opening titles

Doesn't the third volume only contain 30 animated shorts?

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:04 am
by JamesDFarrow
Reviews are up at DVD Talk:

Chronological Donald, Vol.3:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31290

Oswald:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31314

Secrets:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=31104

Great Stuff!

James :)

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:08 am
by ichabod
I'm confused.

The reviews commend the picture qualities, yet the screencaps in the reviews look awful! I'm hoping that it is just a results of the screencap jpegs been badly reduced in size!

However People and Places has an audio commentary!!!!!!!

*collapses*

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:26 pm
by MK Sharp
ramapith wrote:The Laugh-O-Gram GOLDILOCKS turned up at MoMA under an assumed name (the Laugh-O-Grams were retitled when their then-owner rereleased them with sound in 1929).
Excellent news! Thanks for passing that on. So, five down, one to go... or was there a scintilla of truth to those rumours that Jack And The Beanstalk exists in private hands somewhere?

Nice to see Alice Gets Stung and Alice In The Wooly West making their DVD debuts on the Oswald Treasure (alongside Alice's Balloon Race, which was on the VCI set). That makes 21 Alices on DVD out of the 40 which survive, for those of you who have lost count.

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:55 pm
by Big Disney Fan
I'm surprised neither "Crazy With the Heat" nor "Toy Tinkers" have been put on the From the Vault section. The former should've been included there for its showing of a translucent, scimitar-packing Arab, the latter for excessive gun-play. I think "Toy Tinkers" should've been seen there instead of "Bee At the Beach"!

On an unrelated matter, did you know that the aforementioned Arab is voiced by Paul Frees? That's right, he's voiced by the same actor that would go on to do LOTS of voices for Disney, including, but certainly not limited to, Ludwig Von Drake and the Haunted Mansion's Ghost Host.

And Ronald Colman, who does Donald's fake voice in "Donald's Dream Voice", also does the voice of Donald's doppelganger from "Donald's Double Trouble", which was on Donald 2.

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:43 pm
by ramapith
MK Sharp wrote:So, five down, one to go... or was there a scintilla of truth to those rumours that Jack And The Beanstalk exists in private hands somewhere?
Yikes, where'd you hear those rumors?
I haven't heard anything about that one being rediscovered.

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:31 am
by MK Sharp
ramapith wrote:
MK Sharp wrote:So, five down, one to go... or was there a scintilla of truth to those rumours that Jack And The Beanstalk exists in private hands somewhere?
Yikes, where'd you hear those rumors?
I haven't heard anything about that one being rediscovered.
I think must be just cross-talk from Goldie Locks turning up. I recall reading somewhere, around the time that Ray Pointer's DVD came out, that a (unnamed) Laugh-O-gram had turned up in private hands, but that the print was unable to be sourced for the DVD. There was a bit of speculation on which title it was, which would explain the confusion.

I'll take your word as definitive on this matter.

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:09 pm
by DL-Craze
Do u guys really consider Donald Duck's 1961 short "The Litterbug" a Donald Duck Cartoon or an Educational short. I mean if u had to choose would you put it in a possible Chronoligal Donald Volume 4 DVD or a possible Educational Shorts DVD?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:18 am
by Lars Vermundsberget
Why not both?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:47 am
by Big Disney Fan
Lars Vermundsberget wrote:Why not both?
I suppose both would work. It wouldn't be the first time a cartoon was seen on two DVDs, not by a long shot.

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:35 pm
by blacksanta
You know what would be a cool Treasure for Wave eight? "The Package Features." Unedited and restored versions of Saludos Amigos, The Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

The features aren't very long and three could fit on each disc. Maltin could present some documentaries about the reasons the studio made these films, historical context etc. Throw in Susie and Casey Bats Again as bonus shorts and I think you would have a nice treasure.

Granted, I don't own the package features and I'm sure plenty of collectors do, but to have all six of them in one collection, restored and uncut would be rad.