Sometimes a Terrytoon is a nice thing to watch while sipping some morning coffee and not quite doing anything for the day yet. We have just the film for you.
But first, some slight Thunderbean news!
The Thunderbean crew is cranking on the Rainbow Parades set as well as the Lou Bunin Alice set. Comi-Colors keep getting scanned. The work is coming right along on a bunch of things. The Cartoons for Victory set has been getting pecked at a little at a time too. There’s a bunch of films on the Cultoons set that I can’t wait to scan. We have big goals this year.
We’re on the last three films for Rainbow right now. Becca finished the digital restoration on Molly Moo and Rip Van Winkle this week. This, and so many films on this set, look really beautiful, especially Bold King Cole (from the camera negative). We’re in the last big push to finish the set, and we’re working as fast as we can with the resources we have, preparing the materials and the bonus materials. To help with the expense of replicating the set, we’ve started a gofundme campaign as we did with Mid Century Modern 3. Thanks to everyone that’s been pitching in – we’re nearly halfway there already! If you’re able to contribute we really appreciate it- and there’s a special disc (BDR) sent to everyone that pitches in, no matter the amount. You can find the gofundme page if you CLICK HERE.
The Foxy Fox
Watching a Terry from 1935 is an interesting experience. With all the growth in quality throughout the early 30s, by 1935 there’s a much more developed look to most studio’s films. Not so with Terrytoons though! This cartoon- and a majority of the others from this period— look like the work of most studios in the *early* 30s, more around 1931 to 1933, in design, animation, shot composition and story. 1936 and 37 are the years that the studio really starts to catch up in terms of further development.
That said, The Foxy Fox (1935) is still a pretty fun film, if not the most developed. When I was first collecting 16mm cartoons, I had a print of this one (with the Barker Bill TV titles as this print has). I found that my friends and I enjoyed the cartoons that weren’t as good just a much as the great ones in many ways. And, while I can’t find anything really outstanding in this particular film, it’s a fun box of Crackerjack or Jujubees or Lemonheads or whatever other candy snack strikes your fancy.
Have a good week everyone!
