{"product_id":"cartoon-rarities-of-the-1920s","title":"Cartoon Rarities of the 1920s","description":"\u003cb\u003eTANKS (1917): \u003c\/b\u003eThe earliest cartoon on this collection, created by animation pioneer and inventor of the 'cell system,' Earl Hurd.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKO-KO IN TOYLAND (1925): \u003c\/b\u003eA great \"Out Of The Inkwell\" cartoon from the Fleischer Studios. The Fleischers inked many of the characters in these films on paper, and overlaid backgrounds painted on animation cells.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (1926): \u003c\/b\u003eQuite possibly the first 'sound cartoon,' produced by the Fleischer studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA LAD AND HIS LAMP (1929): \u003c\/b\u003eAnother Van Beuren Aesop's Fables cartoon with a soundtrack added in the late 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKNIGHTHOOD (1927): \u003c\/b\u003eA rare cartoon produced by the Bray studio, directed by Walter Lantz. Colonel Heeza Liar is one of the earliest cartoon characters, dating back to 1913.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMECHANICAL COW (1927): \u003c\/b\u003eAn \"Oswald The Lucky Rabbit\" cartoon from the Walt Disney Studio. Although the studio created the character, producer Charles Mintz pulled the series from Disney, prompting the studio to create Mickey Mouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eROMEOW (1928, 1930): \u003c\/b\u003ePat Sullivan Studios created Felix The Cat, the most popular cartoon character of the 1920s. Although Sullivan's name was at the forefront of all publicity, Otto Mesmer and a small crew of animators were the true masterminds behind these films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSWEET ADELINE (1926): \u003c\/b\u003eThis film was part of the Song Cartune series, produced by the New York based Max Fleischer Studio. The Fleischers partnered with sound pioneer Dr. Lee Deforest, utilizing his 'Phonofilm' optical sound system to produce these films, made well before Disney's first sound cartoon, \"Steamboat Willie\" (1928).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOUR MUSICIANS OF BREMEN (1923): \u003c\/b\u003eOne of the first Disney cartoon shorts, produced by his newly formed 'Laugh O' Grams' studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALICE RATTLED BY RATS (1925): \u003c\/b\u003eAn entry in the Alice In Cartoonland series, also by Disney, featuring live action actress Margie Gay in a cartoon world. The series ran through 1927.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRED HOT RAILS (1926): \u003c\/b\u003eA Life cartoon comedy by John McCrory. McCrory produced this series through the late 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE HUNT (1927): \u003c\/b\u003eStarring Dinky Doodle, this short series was created by Walter Lantz while at the Bray Studio, before starting his own studio in 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE MAN DOG (1927): \u003c\/b\u003eA really strange Aesop's Fables cartoon, produced by Van Beuren and Paul Terry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802793762966,"sku":"089218568199","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218568199.jpg?v=1762204715","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/cartoon-rarities-of-the-1920s","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}