ClassicFlix Discussion Thread

[OceanBlue]

Nice artwork for the first Laurel & Hardy volume. Looks very respectful.

[ClassicFlix]

Our Super Summer Sale is underway and goes until August 31st.

First time on sale:

►LITTLE RASCALS - RESTORED SILENTS, VOL. 1
►THE PROUD REBEL (1958)

Lowest price to date:

►ANGEL - COMPLETE SERIES, VOL. 1
►JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (70th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED ED.)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS COMPLETE COLLECTION (4DVDs)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS (CENTENIAL COLLECTION) BD

[OceanBlue]

Apologies for not posting this sooner (had forgot to make a note for this post). Screen Archives Entertainment posted on their Facebook page on Thursday last week (August 7th) that they have a Classicflix sale on select titles until next Wednesday (August 20th). No code is needed.

[MifuneFan]

Cartoon Logic, a new label created by by Thad Komorowski, has partnered with ClassicFlix to distribute the first volume of animated Aesop's Fables shorts from cartoonist Paul Terry (best known for Mighty Mouse). the Blu-ray will be released on November 4th, and will include 20 cartoons, ranging from 1921 to 1928. This release originally started out as a successful Kickstarter project. All shorts will include new commentary tracks, and a newly recorded score. There will also be a few bonus shorts as well, including two Charlie Chaplin ones.

https://www.classicflix.com/products...1920s-volume-1

Synopsis

2,600 years ago, Aesop said…

Long before Paul Terry found success with Mighty Mouse, he spent the 1920s producing the Aesop's Fables series starring his original character Farmer Al Falfa and an endless cast of violent, funny animals. Loosely connected to those ancient tales and bookended with a "sugar-coated pill of wisdom," the cartoons were an all-encompassing umbrella of new dynamics and concepts.

In Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1, Cartoon Logic has meticulously assembled and restored 20 Paul Terry cartoons giving the animation pioneer his first high definition silent film collection, and showcasing why Walt Disney once said he had hoped to one day make animated shorts as good as Aesop's Fables.

Sourced from the best surviving elements archived at Blackhawk Films, Volume 1 features cartoons ranging from the birth of the series in 1921, to 1928's Dinner Time (the first theatrical cartoon with synchronized sound ever released). Each short comes with an optional commentary track by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins teaming up to tell the full story of Paul Terry and Farmer Al. Charlie also lends his accomplished musical stylings with newly recorded original scores for each short.

Bonus cartoons include an alternate Commonwealth cut of Dinner Time and two Charlie Chaplin shorts by Paul’s older brother John Terry.

Included are:

1. Mice in Council
2. The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper
3. The Fable of the Fox and Crow
4. The Spendthrift
5. The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast
6. The Pearl Divers
7. Do Women Pay?
8. Herman the Great Mouse
9. Wine, Women and Song
10. The Ugly Duckling
11. Hungry Hounds
12. Her Ben
13. Anti-Fat
14. When the Snow Flies
15. Hard Cider
16. Subway Sally
17. Small Town Sheriff
18. The Spider’s Lair
19. Jungle Days
20. Dinner Time

Video that accompanied the Kickstarter:

Aesop's Fables: The 1920s Vol. 1 from Cartoon Logic! Now on Kickstarter! - YouTube

[Leviathan]

ClassicFlix also did a blogpost that goes into a bit more detail.

https://www.classicflix.com/blog/202...-this-november

Innovative, violent and hilarious, cartoon fans will be treated to a special collection this November 4th as animation pioneer Paul Terry gets his first high definition silent film collection in Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1.

Before Walt Disney found fame with a mouse in 1928, he stated he had hoped to one day make animated shorts as good as Terry's Fables. Now, Cartoon Logic, in association with Blackhawk Films, has restored 20 cartoons ranging from the birth of the series in 1921, to 1928's Dinner Time (the first theatrical cartoon with synchronized sound ever released).

Each short comes with an optional commentary track by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins, with Charlie also lending his accomplished musical stylings with newly recorded original scores for each short.

Available on both Blu-ray and DVD. See below for more information about the release.

About Cartoon Logic:

Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1 is new label Cartoon Logic's inaugural release, and they have chosen ClassicFlix as a distribution partner.

A unique label in today's home video landscape, Cartoon Logic's exclusive focus is on restoring classic animated shorts which have never been seen, or have only been available in muddy, hard-to-views prints. Several more releases are in the pipeline which will bring dozens of newly restored and long-neglected cartoons to animation fans the world over.

I'm impressed the Kickstarter went over so well that Cartoon Logic is already working on followups. I'm positive we'll see another volume of Aesop's Fables before too long, but who knows what other goodies we'll get.

[ClassicFlix]

Here's a promo clip of two of the restored cartoons from the Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1.

Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1 Clip - YouTube

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[deatharcana]

Ah I hope more Kickstarter projects get bigger releases! It's always a shame that those projects get so little attention (and it sucks when you're looking for something and find out its only release was a Kickstarter blu)

[ClassicFlix]

Our Super Summer Sale continues and ends this Sunday, August 31st.

First time on sale:

►LITTLE RASCALS - RESTORED SILENTS, VOL. 1
►THE PROUD REBEL (1958)

Lowest price to date:

►ANGEL - COMPLETE SERIES, VOL. 1
►JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (70th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED ED.)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS COMPLETE COLLECTION (4DVDs)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS (CENTENIAL COLLECTION) BD

[Areyakiddin]

Is Our Town only OOS temporarily or has it already gone OOP?

[MifuneFan]

Hamilton Book has a few good deals on CF titles, including some currently OOP. I picked up the Michael Shayne PRC Mystery Collection DVD for $7.95 with my recent order. They also have Out of the Blue for just $4.95

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/product...&power_search=

[ClassicFlix]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

Is Our Town only OOS temporarily or has it already gone OOP?

Temporarily. We will eventually re-press it, perhaps even this year.

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[ClassicFlix]

ENDS in 2 DAYS!

A reminder that our Super Summer Sale ends this Sunday, August 31st.

First time on sale:

►LITTLE RASCALS - RESTORED SILENTS, VOL. 1
►THE PROUD REBEL (1958)

Lowest price to date:

►ANGEL - COMPLETE SERIES, VOL. 1
►JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (70th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED ED.)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS COMPLETE COLLECTION (4DVDs)
►THE LITTLE RASCALS (CENTENIAL COLLECTION) BD

[ClassicFlix]

ANNOUNCED TODAY and am posting for those who may have missed the individual volumes:

The O. Henry Playhouse - The Complete Series This November

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[Areyakiddin]

Just got my order from the sale today:



Thanks @ClassicFlix!