#van beuren studios

[toonycryptid]

Van Beuren Studios.

[rockhousejai]

Magma I did with my pal @mistergaspertoons (the GOAT)

Anyways, redesigned some Aesop fable/Van Beuren Studios characters + Krazy Kat, Felix, n’ Julius

+ the whole page & OG designs

[rainyheartkingdom]

Happy New Year's from Metv Toons

Thank you, Tooney, and Bill for bringing them back home.

[newspdm]

Cartoon: Bold King Cole, 1936

Cartoon: Bold King Cole, 1936

Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he was one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history. Felix was the first animated character to attain a level of popularity sufficient to draw movie audiences. Felix originated from the…

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[detrixsta]

Silent films were not really meant to be completely silent, & in 1931 Charles Chaplin had completed & released "City Lights" with  sound effects & a music score, in lieu of using dialogue. It was a huge gamble that paid off artistically & financially.  So The Van Beuren animation Studios of RKO Radio Pictures re-issued some of Chaplin's old 1917 Mutual films with new music scores arranged by Winston Sharples, & performed by The Gene Rhodemitch Orchestra, who also created synchronized soundtracks & scores for the studios current batch of sound cartoons.. (hence the cock-crows, cow bells & slide whistles) but it was a clever money-making idea, & those prints have circulated theatrically & on TV for over 80 years!

The songs used in the scores do fit the action in a meaningful way, much like a Vitaphone score from the 1920's. would. Music was often used ironically for comic effect & I am guessing it's all a bit lost on many of us today, but If you watch a vintage film, why wouldn't you want the matching vintage score?  Some do not care for the added scores with their cartoon-like sound effects. I think they add a lot to the charm & the 1932 soundtracks feature many popular songs from before 1920 right to 1932! ("The Cure" is almost like a pop music video in itself!) In the 1990's, Vince Giordano had confirmed that Artie Shaw was present for the Rhodemitch Orchestra ‘s recording session of the "One AM" soundtrack. (Scholars had debated if it was Benny Goodman performing in score.) 

[felixkeepswalking]

Rough on Rats (1933)

[chimalpahin]

Unfortunately it looks like the blog that was devoted to detailing the very Defunct Van Beuren Studios has disappeared from this hell site! Such a shame because their blog was great.

In any case I want to keep this model sheet up. From what I've seen it was probably a Van Beuren Studios cartoon that was either made & lost to time or never got finished. In any case if this was an old VB character then their Copyright was never renewed since the studio went under.

I'll just leave this here for posterity or until this website finally goes under.

[enlightenedrobot]

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How to Lo-fi Hip Hop

Step 1: Find old cartoon in the public domain

Step 2: Add drum and bass.

That’s basically it.