Which just goes to show that Disney wasn’t the only studio to bowdlerise classic folktales.Īs always, Steve, another terrific classic cartoon, although I have to agree with an earlier comment about GANDY GOOSE AND SOUR PUSS. I notice that the children run straight into their stepmother’s arms at the end of the cartoon as their father shakes hands with Mighty Mouse. But then, it might still have been under copyright. I’m a little surprised that Scheib didn’t use any tunes from the famous Engelbert Humperdinck opera in either “Hansel and Gretel” cartoon, the way he always quoted “The Flying Dutchman” during any storm at sea. Like the fairy tales, German folk songs can be very morbid. When a fisherman brings their bodies up to the surface in his net, their mother the queen rewards him handsomely before jumping in and drowning herself. Like many of the early sound Terrytoons, it incorporates a number of traditional German folk songs such as “Es waren zwei Koenigskinder” (There were two royal children), about a little prince and princess who drown while swimming. Terry had produced an earlier “Hansel and Gretel” cartoon in 1933, starring Puddy the Pup as Hansel. Nevertheless there was a degree of consistency over the years due to the long tenure of certain key personnel, notably composer Philip Scheib, who scored every single Terrytoons short from the beginning of the sound era through to 1968. Because the Terrytoons strike of 1947-8 had a such profound effect on the studio and the quality of its output, I would divide its history into six periods, rather than five: I’m one of those people whose opinion of Terrytoons has taken a turn for the better in recent years, and it’s always a pleasure to see one in a good print. I hope you enjoy it too! Have a good week everyone! I especially like the backgrounds in the beginning of the film and with our heroes in the woods and coming up to the witch’s house. While this one isn’t from a Technicolor print, this 16mm print was pretty decent at least. They are always enjoyable to a point, looking especially good on a big screen. You can understand why the films continued to be made for so many years.
While Hansel and Gretel is pretty standard Terrytoons stuff, watching this film shows off some of the best qualities of the studio around this time: some beautiful backgrounds and entertaining animation by many of your favorite Terrytoons animators.
Some of the gags were chatted about on the grade school playground by my friends and I, especially the witch riding a Vacuum cleaner instead of a broom. This particular one I was many times, and was always happy when it showed up.
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For many years they were on TV in Detroit, broadcast on channel 20 (WXON). Growing up watching the Terrytoons, I was surprised to see new ones almost every time I saw them. That said, there’s still lots of really fun Terrytoon cartoons through all those years. Watching films from the early 50s can be strange, especially when viewing cartoons from *any* other studio made during he same period (Even Famous Studio’s shorts show more changes in art direction and writing). This later 50s period is especially appreciated these days, and rightly so- but the really nice qualities of early 50s cartoons are often ignored.ĭuring this era, there is some variance in the product the studio produced, but it’s also sort surprising how many years the look and feel of the films stays amazingly similar, down to the layout’s color design, musical scores and sound effects. The longest of these eras seems to be from about 1941 through 1956, stopping as the studio was purchased by CBS. Each partially spreads into another, and their timing is unusual compared to some other studios in terms of design eras. I see the studio as having sort of five periods. The internet age has, somehow, started to change the overall opinion of the shorts the studio produced, largely from various people posting copies of many of the films the studio produced. I always thought it was funny that the Terrytoons were appreciated by a seemingly small group of people- and, like Famous studios, never with much attention to the art of the films. As we move forward, we’ll also be taking many of the special sets off the site, so visit the Thunderbean shop if there’s any special discs you’d still like. Things are going really well as we finish several projects, and we’ll be giving updates in the coming weeks. We’ll talk about Thunderbean stuff next week since progress continues, and it’s nice to take a little break from the who’s and what’s for a week.
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