Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3

Howdy, folks!
The release of the third volume from the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series is probably one of this year's greatest events for classic animation fans. If you love the theatrical Warner Bros. cartoons from the golden age, then this is the dvd set you've been waiting for! In this volume, you will find a great selection of shorts, which spans from the studio's debut (the first LT from 1930, "Sinkin' in the Bathtub", is included) to its latter years (the 1960s). The restoration of the cartoons is just amazing: most of them have never looked so good since their original release! But don’t worry, none of these cartoons suffers the effects of the DVNR process, noticeable on some cartoons on the previous volumes. The only thing that really disappointed me about this set is the fact that very few original titles have been restored, while most of the cartoons still have their Blue Ribbon reissue titles.
That’s all for now, we'll post more details on this set as soon as we can , so ... stay tooned , folks !

Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ADS62G/102-1360283-8592954?v=glance&n=130&s=dvd&v=glance

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive

Can't believe your own eyes ?

Yep , these are pics from " Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs " and this 1943 classic Clampett masterpiece looks like it was made today !

If you want to help the restoration and preservation from the dust of times of all the classic cartoons of the Golden Age , please support in any way the ASIFA ! What is ASIFA ? Look for yourself , fellers !

http://www.animationarchive.org/

" Swing You Sinners "

Welcome here , folks !

First thing I want to do is to re-direct you to one of the most surreal cartoons ever made , a favorite of mine ( and I suppose of yours after you will have seen it ) : " Swing You Sinners " .

Way back in 1930 , the Fleischers ' answer to Disney was not trying to compete with the fairy tales adaptations or the cute characters ( that was Disney's own territory ) , but trying to do something really original with the animation medium , using hot jazz and imaginative gags as " traits d'union " between reality and fantasy .

These concepts were behind the creation of such unique masterpieces like " Swing You Sinners " ( the strangest and most bizzarre of them all ! ) , " Bimbo's Initiation , " Minnie The Moocher ".....This cartoon is also most notable because it stars the character of Bimbo , one of the very few characters of the Thirties which shows no resemblance to Mickey Mouse . I could write for hours analyzing this magnificent cartoon but.....

Stop talking now ! It's time to watch Classic Cartoons ! ( Feel free to post your comments about the short here , but first...go watch it ! )


http://www.animationarchive.org/2005/11/filmography-swing-you-sinners.html


Yours Truly ,

Duck Dodgers

Blog Founder and Administrator