I used to watch a package of cartoons from this vintage of Paul Terry's work on WABC channel 7 TV early each weekday morning before school. The show was called Early Bird CArtoon as the title slide read. I know the opening of those Paul Terry cartoon said Commonwealth Films but I do not recall the voice characterizations or sound effects. What I do recall and have been looking for for years was the source of the licensed music that wa employed in the cartoons mostly without any other sound effects or voices added as I vividly recall. I have since learned that much of the licensed music came from the Thomas J. Valentino Music Library that was popular for TV show scoring in the 1950's and 1960's. I have been looking for a complete set of those library records (even in 78 RPM format) for years so I could hear the music again as complete cuts. Much of the music used to score the Terrytoons, as I recall, was light classical music such as Trish Trash Polka which makes a lot of sense because it was probably free use copyright wise.
Thanks for your memories, Kenneth. Yes, they were most often seen without narration and SFX in this package...but I suppose at some point, Commonwealth offered alternate versions like this in case they would be more attractive to certain stations/programs.
I am so glad my memories were correct. For me the real highlight of Early Bird Cartoons were the Flip the Frog Cartoons done by UB Irwerks and the Willie Whopper cartoons.and animators like the great Grim Natwick Also some great Burt Gillet cartoons featuring Molly Moo Cow and I think Felix the Cat in great full animation.
I have run across LPs of the stock music on eBay. A lot of the music was written by George Chase. My favorite piece used was his “Promenade”, which I actually found.
Theatrically released as "In The Bag." The original titles and copyright entries state that this cartoon was directed by Hugh "Jerry" Shields, who animates numerous scenes in this Fable. It is also what I believe to be one of the earliest of Vladmir "Bill" Tytla's appearances in the animation industry. In the theatrical release, there is a scene (presumably by animated Tytla himself) where a cat bounces a ball, transforming into a dancing cat. The cat on the left then puts on a wig and pulls off a dance, likely a cultural reference of some sort. For presumably time reasons, it's cut out here-- but not in the other reissue [also] by Commonwealth, which retains the original name of the Fable.
Better without the sound track. That ending of Farmer Al running with a pack of animals chasing him was my strongest memory of his cartoons from back in the 50s. It was about 50 years later that I started watching them again on YT. Many were different from what I remembered, but this is very close.
Probably, as Paul Terry KNEW what movie viewers wanted to see. If they liked a particular gag, it went "into the file", ready to be used again for another film.....
I used to watch a package of cartoons from this vintage of Paul Terry's work on WABC channel 7 TV early each weekday morning before school. The show was called Early Bird CArtoon as the title slide read. I know the opening of those Paul Terry cartoon said Commonwealth Films but I do not recall the voice characterizations or sound effects. What I do recall and have been looking for for years was the source of the licensed music that wa employed in the cartoons mostly without any other sound effects or voices added as I vividly recall. I have since learned that much of the licensed music came from the Thomas J. Valentino Music Library that was popular for TV show scoring in the 1950's and 1960's. I have been looking for a complete set of those library records (even in 78 RPM format) for years so I could hear the music again as complete cuts. Much of the music used to score the Terrytoons, as I recall, was light classical music such as Trish Trash Polka which makes a lot of sense because it was probably free use copyright wise.
Thanks for your memories, Kenneth. Yes, they were most often seen without narration and SFX in this package...but I suppose at some point, Commonwealth offered alternate versions like this in case they would be more attractive to certain stations/programs.
I am so glad my memories were correct. For me the real highlight of Early Bird Cartoons were the Flip the Frog Cartoons done by UB Irwerks and the Willie Whopper cartoons.and animators like the great Grim Natwick Also some great Burt Gillet cartoons featuring Molly Moo Cow and I think Felix the Cat in great full animation.
I have run across LPs of the stock music on eBay. A lot of the music was written by George Chase. My favorite piece used was his “Promenade”, which I actually found.
Theatrically released as "In The Bag." The original titles and copyright entries state that this cartoon was directed by Hugh "Jerry" Shields, who animates numerous scenes in this Fable. It is also what I believe to be one of the earliest of Vladmir "Bill" Tytla's appearances in the animation industry.
In the theatrical release, there is a scene (presumably by animated Tytla himself) where a cat bounces a ball, transforming into a dancing cat. The cat on the left then puts on a wig and pulls off a dance, likely a cultural reference of some sort. For presumably time reasons, it's cut out here-- but not in the other reissue [also] by Commonwealth, which retains the original name of the Fable.
Better without the sound track. That ending of Farmer Al running with a pack of animals chasing him was my strongest memory of his cartoons from back in the 50s. It was about 50 years later that I started watching them again on YT. Many were different from what I remembered, but this is very close.
Better with sound!
Tracks were great and those animals are still chasing me! :-) I hate the voice overs they added-the music was perfect by itself.
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PRICELESS NOSTALGIA!
Probably, as Paul Terry KNEW what movie viewers wanted to see. If they liked a particular gag, it went "into the file", ready to be used again for another film.....
Real classical!
I'll bet all the gags were pulled out of a file drawer.
Silly with the voices and sound effects!
The animation art was great back them