#'30s

[lasynthese]

[california27]

Cadets at the gate of the War School of Kaunas in Lithuania in 1938.

[viagginterstellari]

Restaurant - near Moynaq, 2022

[tymime]

UPDATE: Please read updated version here: https://www.tumblr.com/tymime/746656192911245312/public-domain-cartoon-characters-from-the-golden

Instead of whining about Mickey Mouse not falling into the public domain (notice nobody gives a darn about Pegleg Pete or Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, despite being older characters), how about focusing on 1930s cartoon characters that ARE in the public domain? Any artist can use them and even monetize them, so go ahead and have at it! EDIT: Obviously this first sentence is out of date

-Waffles and Don Okay, so these two are really just animal versions of Van Beuren’s Tom and Jerry, but I don’t think anybody wants to get confused with the MGM characters, so these two are a better alternative.

-Cubby Bear Disney is rumored to have given Van Beuren a cease-and-desist because of this guy, but somehow I don’t think anybody’s going to confuse the two nowadays.

-Toby the Pup His cartoons are hard to find online, but I think his design has appeal.

-Flip the Frog Appropriate for all you fans of more raunchy humor. Personally I prefer this earlier design, when he was actually more frog-like.

EDIT: I’ve since learned that Flip’s cartoons belong mostly to Film Preservation Archives, and Flip himself is trademarked by Leslie Iwerks, Ub Iwerks’ granddaughter. So while Flip’s first cartoon released in 1930 will be public domain fairly soon, I recommend using caution when trying to monetize something with Flip the Frog in it. I had assumed that like Ub Iwerk’s ComiColor cartoons, Flip the Frog’s filmography hadn’t been renewed because the Iwerks studio was shut down decades ago.

-Felix the Cat Here’s the big one. He only went out of copyright very recently, but keep in mind that this only includes his cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, so don’t go and try using any elements from his 1950s cartoons like his magic bag, or from The Twisted Tales of Felix, as amazing as that series is.

EDIT: It’s come to my attention that the character Felix himself is still trademarked by NBC Universal, so... maybe not use him after all. The rest of the characters are still fine, however.

[bernie-buddy]

I've been playing Mafia: DE that's it. that's literally the only reason this exists

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[timeofmood]

These days I was feeling so nostalgic about 20th century and all those movies and songs (Frank Sinatra bby, always and forever). I made a picture-list with what I would like to try to watch. Comedy, romance maybe a little bit of mystery, drama action, I really really want to enter into this old fashion vibe and see what Hollywood offered during a "black and white" period, if I can say so. ^-^

[madeleineengland]

Daisy Ridley in "Murder on The Orient Express" (2017)