The Golden Age of Cartoons: Cultoons! Rare, Lost and Strange Cartoons! Ads and Oddities

There are many famous cartoon characters we know and love,
but what about the ones that didn't achieve great success?
What happened to the animated advertisements and educational films?
Many of these animated gems have been lost to time, often abandoned and forgotten.
Not Anymore! The CULTOONS collection gathers these rare gems together,
most unseen by the general public since their creation.
Cultoons - Ads and Oddities features lost work by Cy Young, one of Walt Disney's
special effects artists, animated commercials from Dr. Seuss,
promotional shorts from Chad & Al Stahl and Hugh Harmon Productions,
and Monkey Doodle by Les Elton, one of the strangest cartoons ever made!
These great shorts have been assembled and digitally remastered from
original 16mm and 35mm films (many from the only known print),
preserved by collectors and archives around the world.

Language: English
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
Video: Black & White / Color
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
Released: April 11, 2006
DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
Originally Released: 2005
Label: Mackinac Media
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Audio Commentary
Keywords: Animation | Cartoons

PROGRAM LIST for "Cultoons! Ads and Oddities"--Cartoon Titles

MENDELSSOHN'S SPRING SONG (1931) - Made in two-strip Brewstercolor process. Derivative of Disney's "Silly Symphony" series.

MONKEYDOODLE (1931) - Reconstructed from four source films of varying quality. Highly detailed artwork.

THE HOBO HERO (1935) - Piccolo Pete hitches rides on trains. He rescues a trapped dog.

KOOL PENGUINS (1935) - Animated cigarette commercial shown in theaters during evening hours.

WONDER BAKERS AT THE WORLD'S FAIR (1939) - Fragments of a short used at the New York World's Fair to promote Slo-Baked Wonder Bread.

FORD COMMERCIALS (1950) - Four commercials written and designed by Dr. Seuss.

ANIMATED THEATRICAL COMMERCIALS (1940-41 ) - These Technicolor ads for Coca-Cola (Pebble Punch), Shell Oil (Cops And Robbers/A Squirt In Time/The Oilympic Games Endurance Relay) and Brookfield Butter (A Date With Kate) run somewhat over a minute each.

KORN PLASTERED IN AFRICA (1931) - Overly-surreal short starred host of a long-ago children's radio program.

PM PICNIC (1948 ) - Color cartoon spot for PM's Whiskey featured cute little woodland critters.

TODDY COMMERCIALS (1950/52) - Short ads for a chocolate drink are in rather poor condition.

MONSTERS DO HAVE THEIR PLACE (1971) - Expresses the concern of theater owners over up-and-coming Pay TV.

GOOFY GOAT (1931) - B&W print of what is historically believed to be the first-ever color cartoon.

NO FARE (1935) - Rather boring short stars Goofy Gus and his Omnibus.

EASY DOES IT (1948 ) - Half-hour length Hugh Harman animation is at times a commercial for Stokely/Van Camp products and at others a celebration of small town food stores.

BONUS - Shorts with commentary by cartoon historians (details above):

Monkey Doodle (1931)

Mendelssohn's Spring Song (1931)

Goofy Goat (1931)

Ford Service Commercials (1950)

PM Picnic (1948 )

PLUS-- 'Cultoons' - Unearthing the Forgotten
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