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(More customer reviews)It's not exactly a state secret that the "Disney Treasures" DVDs have been big money-makers for the company. So how do you squeeze a little extra cash out of a cash cow? Why, start throwing animated shorts onto DVD without remastering them, that's how!
Yep, the bulk of these cartoons are presented in vintage 20-year-old transfers. The images are soft and low-res, colors are frequently washed-out (I defy you to find the color tan anywhere in "Paul Bunyan"), and Cinemascope films such as "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom" are presented in non-anamorphic widescreen. If you have a 16X9 TV, prepare yourself for a joyless experience.
The shorts themselves are largely second-tier Disney, with a few bona fide masterpieces such as "Ferdinand the Bull." Others show that when the Disney artists tackled a new field (such as UPA-style limited animation in "A Cowboy Needs a Horse," or dimensional animation in "Noah's Ark," with its fanciful found-object animals) they could do it better than just about anybody else. Kids may become a tad restless at times, but animation fans and Disney completists will be in heaven.
Bottom line: If Disney's going to call these shorts "Treasures" they should treat them as such.
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This fascinating volume features some of Walt's most unique animated triumphs.Included are several of Walt's "The Alice Comedies," a pioneering series of early short films that combined live-action and animation.These wonderful, lesser-known unique films pre-date much of the work that would make him world-famous."Alice's Wonderland" is one of Walt's very first films. Fans will enjoy the unique animation of "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom," which won an Academy Award(r) (Best Short Subject (Cartoon) 1953) and was the first cartoon produced in Cinemascope.This short film established a completely new animation style for the Studio.DISNEY RARITIES, CELEBRATED SHORTS 1920s-1960s showcases a large collection of Walt's outstanding animated shorts that fans may not be aware of. Bonus features include: "Alice's Cartoon World" in which Leonard Maltin discusses Disney's historic "Alice" shorts with Virginia Davis who played the original Alice when she was 4-years old; "From Kansas City to Hollywood" - a timeline of Walt's silent era; "A Feather In His Collar" a rarely seen short supporting the Community Chest; audio commentary for "A Symposium On Popular Songs" by composer Richard Sherman, and still frame galleries. Introductions by Leonard Maltin. CONTENTS *Alice's Wonderland*Ben and Me *Alice Gets in Dutch* Football, Now and Then *Alice's Wild West Show* Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom *Alice in the Jungle* Pigs Is Pigs *Alice's Egg Plant*Social Lion *Alice's Mysterious Mystery*A Cowboy Needs a Horse *Alice the Whaler*Hooked Bear *Ferdinand the Bull*In the Bag *Chicken Little*Jack and Old Mac *The Pelican and the Snipe*The Story of Anyburg, U.S.A. *The Truth about Mother Goose*The Brave Engineer *Paul Bunyan*Morris, the Midget Moose *Noah's Ark*Lambert, the Sheepish Lion *Goliath II*The Little House *The Saga of Windwagon Smith*Adventures in Music: Melody *A Symposium on Popular Songs
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