posted January 31, 2012 08:13 AM                   

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In this George Pal Puppetoon, John Henry a legendary figure of American folklore, goes to work for the C.& O. Railroad, which, shortly thereafter, buys an automatic steel-driving engine, called the Inky-Poo. John Henry matches his strength against the Inky-Poo, saying that any man can beat a machine because a man has a mind. John Henry wins, but drops at the finish, never to rise again. The choral music background is by the Luvenia Nash Singers

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From different source: http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/PAL/GP4.htm

tells that "John Henry and the Inky-Poo, the second-to last Puppetoon ever made, is rumored to be a sort of good-willed attempt to make up for the racist stereotypes displayed in the the Jasper series. "
 
(ps: in my lot Jasper is also one of them)
 
John Henry and Inky-Poo (1946)
 

 
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQGIL9dsns&feature=related 

(start at 0:30)
 
While print is sharp but the color is not too colorful. I beleive this relied on the negative, while the youtube link above is more bluish tone.
 
I don't know who released this and would appreciate if members here can give a light.
 
thanks

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Winbert

posted February 06, 2012 09:54 AM                   

Hi Terry,

It was nice to meet you in person too. After 9 years joining this forum, you are the first collector I meet off line

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I don't see too many of those Puppetoons around

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Me too Osi.
 
However in this lot, beside the above John Henry, there are another 3 reels of George Pal's puppeton, i.e:
 
Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)
 

 
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkKYYZi4p4
 
Jasper and the Haunted House is another George Pal Puppetoon about a black boy and his troubles. This time, the scarecrow switches a sign that leads Jasper to a haunted house instead of a deacon's place where he brings a pie. There's an entertaining swing number with the house's piano, and books on a shelf moving to the music.
 
Philips Broadcast (1938) aka La Grande Revue Philips 
 

 
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTU3j_cknOM
 
This astonishing advertisement film made in 1938 for Philips radios, is the work of a brilliant forerunner of animation: George Pal. It uses the puppets from his invention called "Puppetoons", composed of numerous interchangeable wooden parts and filmed image by image. Months of work for a 5-minute dream in Technicolor!
 
Ship of the Ether (1934)


 
No info about this film on the net, and no youtube link either
 
As we can see that the last two films suffer fade very badly. But I suspect this came from bad negatives used.
 
Anyway, if you want to rate how rate these three titles, I appriciate that very much.
 
cheers,

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Winbert

posted February 06, 2012 04:56 PM                   

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Ahhhhh yes.......Steve Vilarino......I still have one of his old lists on file. Steve was known for having the rare stuff that's for sure. I purchased from him in the mid to late 80's full length super 8 sound prints of Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolfman and Freaks. Got a nifty little print of a Vinnie Price University film short called Anabel Lee (Poe Poem). My last purchase with him was about 6 years ago when I heard he had a mint full length Super 8 sound print of The Old Dark House with Karloff. Scooped that up right away and it is one of the gems in my collection. Steve moved from Redondo Beach to L.A. but I have completely lost track of him now.

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There were a couple of companies in the U.S. that released obscure cartoons like this one. One was FEF films, the other one was STEVE VILARINO FILMS. I'm thinking it may have been the later, since SVF never marked the leader on their films.

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Steve Villarino was OK with me.While he sold legitimate films from Morcraft (Thunderbird),Perry's,Steel Valley and others ,he was basically a pirate.I bought too many cartoons from him ,years before Derann issued many of them officially, and several features,very few of which I have seen in second hand lists ever since.He was reliable in his dealings,waiting patiently my paying in installments,and taking back faulty prints.I dealt with him from about 1980 to 1986 when a severe economic slump forced me to stop buying for a time and told him to stop sending me his lists.I have kept most of them (hand written in the beginning,then ,typewritten).

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Five Boscos were issued by Steve Vilarino; HEY,HEY FEVER;BOSCO AND THE CANNIBALS;BOSCO AND THE PIRATES;THE OLD HOUSE;BOSCO'S EASTER EGGS; also ,SWING WEDDING.Red Fox issued PEACE ON EARTH, and I'm sure I am missing a few! "Recent" releases include TO SPRING ,ROOKIE BEAR and A RAINY DAY.
Then we have about 60 (yes, sixty!) Tom and Jerrys,including only one or two from the Chuck Jones period.
Doug pretty much covered the Avery titles to which I may add JERKY TURKEY and SENOR DROOPY (directed by Dick Lundy) and Derann did release flat versions of originally scope cartoons. Tex Avery did share the direction of his later cartoons with Michael Lah,and after he left,Lah continued the Droopy series alone.Droopy's design did become simplified (and unappealing) by the mid fifties,until he became an UPA clone.

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