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Larry Tocci
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From: Rhode Island
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posted May 22, 2012 08:40 AM

No box. No leader. Nothing to distinguish when this was produced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdiPPZezsG8

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Pasquale DAlessio
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From: Bristol,RI, USA
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posted May 22, 2012 11:06 AM

Larry

Funny you should mention this. There was a copy on EBay a short time ago. I remember the title because of the title. It would never fly today. Check this link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ca stle-Films-LITTLE-BLACK-SAMBO-3-BRUINS-STREAMLINED-FILM-B-W-CARTOON-16mm-/310401484949?pt=US_Film&hash=item48455ec895link:

PatD

And this one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026633/

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Maurice Leakey
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posted May 22, 2012 11:34 AM

The film which Larry has posted is obviously a silent film which I do not know, however, the film which Pasquale refers to is the 1935 "Little Black Sambo", a Comicolor (Cinecolor) cartoon made by Ib Iwerks.

The latter was issued in black & white and colour by Castle Films and in black & white in the UK by the GB Film Library under their "Movie Pak" titles.

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Larry Tocci
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posted May 23, 2012 09:35 AM

Yes, this one is odd. It is not the more typical I've seen online which are those mentioned above. Sambo blows away a (white) dog dressed as a bear. A live action film like this would never happen but you couldn't even do this with a remake cartoon today.
Check out the youtube video I posted if you haven't. I just put the film on ebay.

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Maurice Leakey
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posted May 23, 2012 10:33 AM

Here is the eBay link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Very-Rare-Little-Black-Sambo-8mm-Movie-Rarely-Seen-/170847316704?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item27c74b2ae0

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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From: Athens,Greece
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posted May 23, 2012 12:20 PM

This is certainly not LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. It is a b&w silent cutdown of a Technicolor BOSCO cartoon of the mid/late thirties (Hugh Harman,MGM) which this guy remixed with jazz music.I am not certain of its title though.

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 23, 2012 12:50 PM

Panayotis is absolutely correct. I bought, just recently, a color version of that Ub Iwerks cartoon, "Little Black Sambo" and it was released by "Hollywood Films" (which had a great logo, by the way!)

Oh, and for the interested, that other actual Ub Iwerks cartoon, but a black and white version, was also accompanied by an old "Farma Al falfa" cartoon that hosted black characters as well.

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted May 23, 2012 01:46 PM

A little classic in the same vein I have in my collection is the
cartoon "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs".Talk about non pc.

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Larry Tocci
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From: Rhode Island
Registered: Mar 2011

posted May 23, 2012 05:21 PM

This may be the Bosko character. Can't say for sure.
He appears here with straw hat & the dog is similar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BuFBdqQ8po
I will change the listing to a Sambo-like character because most wouldn't know Bosko from Bosco.
Any help in identifying this is greatly appreciated.

[ May 23, 2012, 08:15 PM: Message edited by: Larry Tocci ]

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Maurice Leakey
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From: Bristol. United Kingdom
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posted May 24, 2012 04:17 AM

I've been checking my cartoon books and the Internent and think the film is probably the 1935 Bosko "Run, Sheep, Run".

http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_story/3018-Run_Sheep_Run.html

The story line as quoted seems to fit the film on YouTube.

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Larry Tocci
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From: Rhode Island
Registered: Mar 2011

posted May 24, 2012 09:43 AM

Yes, it's close except for the ending. On my reel it's the dog that is shot at inside the bear suit. In the link it's sheep. I know they spliced & diced these shorts so the true ending could be the sheep but they end it (on my reel) with the dog being shot at which may be a scene just prior to the sheep.
I also found this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92584465@N00/314065590/
I will once again relabel the ebay sale, referring to it as possibly Bosko in Run Sheep Run.
Thanks
What is it with all the home moves for sale on ebay? I guess better there than what was (is) tossed in the trash.
My Aunt (now 94) had her film transferred to VHS decades ago. The transfer quality is poor to good.
She has a bazillion jars of mismatched bolts & washers taking up shelves in her garage, none of which have been touched in 40 years. Those she keeps. The film she threw away. (Arrgh!)

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