Max Fleischer's Color Classics: Somewhere in Dreamland

Director: Dave Fleischer
Studio: Vci Video
Product Type: DVD

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EARLY FLEISCHER CARTOONS 1934-41
Awesome awesome DVD set
cheesy
Great cartoons... but the DVD's has technical glitches.
Fantastic Voyage to Your Childhood

Max Fleischer's Color Classics: Somewhere in Dreamland
Director: Dave Fleischer
Manufacturer: Vci Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000687E3
Release Date: 2002-07-30

Description

This comprehensive collection of Max Fleischer cartoon masterpieces presents over 30 rarely seen Technicolor animated shorts, produced during the golden age of animation. Fleischer created the "Color Classics," a twisted collection of musical cartoons, to showcase his patented "Stereo-optical Process" that created the illusion of depth by animating his characters over three-dimensional, live action backgrounds. In this special digital picture and sound restoration, you'll discover a menagerie of wonderfully bizarre new characters and a massive dose of the Fleischers' surreal humor. Highlights include "Greedy Humpty Dumpty," "The Cobweb Hotel," "Ants In The Plants," and "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery." Featured are two Academy Award Cartoon Short Subject nominees - "Educated Fish" (1937) and "Hunky and Spunky" (1938) - as well as famed Fleischer femme fatale Betty Boop ("Poor Cinderella") and Grampy ("Christmas Comes But Once A Year"), and a potpourri of great song cartoons such as "Dancing On The Moon," "Hold It," "An Elephant Never Forgets," and "Small Fry." This collection is a dream come true for cartoon aficionados and Fleischer fanatics, young and old alike! Animated characters: BETTY BOOP, GRAMPY, HUMPTY DUMPTY, HUNKY and SPUNKY and more! Bonus Features: Commentary by animation historian Jerry Beck| Rare production artwork still frame gallery| Documentary about the Fleischer studio| Cartoon Menu. Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital Mono; 270 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1934-1941; SRP - $19.99.

Customer Reviews:

EARLY FLEISCHER CARTOONS 1934-41.......2006-04-25

A nice find this set. More please! Some top cartoons like COBWEB HOTEL (clever & scary) and ALL'S FAIR AT THE FAIR (love the 1930s Deco styling!) amid a few weaker but still enjoyable ones. Recommended!

Oddly you can only find the track listing by playing it, so here's what the 2 DVDs contain...

1 Poor Cinderella
2 Little Dutch Mill
3 An Elephant Never Forgets
4 Song Of The Birds
5 Dancing On The Moon
6 Somewhere In Dreamland
7 Little Stranger
8 Cobweb Hotel
9 Greedy Humpty Dumpty
10 Hawaiian Birds
11 Play Safe
12 Christmas Comes But Once A Year
13 Bunny Mooning
14 Chicken A La King
15 Car Tune Portrait
16 Peeping Penguins
17 True Love
18 Musical Memories

1 Educated Fish
2 Little Lamby
3 Hold It
4 Hunky and Spunky
5 All's Fair At The Fair
6 Playful Polar Bears
7 Always Kickin'
8 Small Fry
9 Barnyard Brat
10 Fresh Vegetable Mystery
11 Little Lambkins
12 Ants In The Plants
13 Kick In Time
14 Snubbed By A Snob
15 You Can't Shoe A Horsefly

Awesome awesome DVD set.......2005-08-27

I have the revised edition of this set and it was money well spent. The Stero-optical Process is always fun but the most overlooked quality of these gems is how they really get inside of you. Some call these cheesy and some are but cartoons like "Somewhere in Dreamland," "Play Safe," and "The Little Dutch Mill" are impossible to watch without tearing up. Now DISNEY cartoons are cheesy! They're just pointless romping and frollicing through daisies. These Fleischer shorts have morals and messages that really get to you.

cheesy.......2004-11-16

i am a cartoon fanatic, especially old ones. but these are dumb and cheesy for the most part. they're all based on fairy tales with happy endings, and they all have dancing and singing.
well, i take it back a little... they're not ALL really cheesy, but mostly.

Great cartoons... but the DVD's has technical glitches. .......2004-11-05

These are wonderful cartoons that I grew up with as a child and I'm only 25. It's amazing how cartoons nowadays have become so self indulgent and garish. It seems that the majority of these newer animated series have lost perspective of it's target audience and have been putting out mellowdramatic garbage since the mid-nineties. I think children of this generation would appreciate something lighthearted and refreshing like a collection of Fleischer cartoons.
There is one little flaw to this specific collection, though. In the middle of the first DVD it continues to play the same episode repeatedly... and from what I've read here in these previous reviews it's not only my DVD. Granted, it's not that big of a deal. All you have to do is return to the menu and select the next episode to play. Glitches and all, I think it's worth having these great cartoons on DVD.

Fantastic Voyage to Your Childhood.......2004-06-23

This 2 disc DVD set features all but one of the "Color Classics" that were released by Paramount Pictures in the 30s and 40s. These cartoons were originally shown in theaters between features. In the 50s through the 70s, these cartoons were shown on TV. In the 80s and 90s, with the cartoons in the public domain, they were put on VHS and sold cheaply by various companies. Now they are available on DVD.

As all of these cartoons are in the public domain, and these prints are made from the best available copies, these prints have faded, scratches and in some cases poor soundtracks. However being the only DVD release of all but one of the "Color Classics" makes this a well worthwhile buy.

The DVD has audio commentary for some cartoons, one with a commentary by Betty Boop herself. There is also an artwork gallery showing some original conceptual sketches for certain cartoons. Some prints of cartoons have been digitally enhanced, and some of these prints are the best quality that I have seen thus far, or at least until the original studio makes prints from the original negatives.

It's a worthwhile buy to relieve your childhood.

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