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Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on December 21, 2013, 04:30 PM:

Cute B&W 200' silent Showtime release (ST421) Moon Mouse.
Mouse and friends rocket to the moon. Any idea what the real title is?

Thanks!
Doug

Posted by Graham Ritchie (Member # 559) on December 21, 2013, 05:51 PM:

Could it be called "Little Buck Cheeser".. from 1937.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on December 21, 2013, 07:09 PM:

Graham,

That's it, thank you! I just watched it here, and it looks so good that now I wish I had a color/sound print.

Doug

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on December 23, 2013, 03:04 AM:

Actually it's "Little Buck Cheeser" (1937). In this cartoon from MGM by Rudolf Ising, Little Cheeser and his friends, inspired by Buck Rogers (and visions of cheese) build a rocket ship and fly to the moon.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on December 23, 2013, 03:14 PM:

Thanks to both Graham and Maurice. I see that this film (with the same artwork) is listed in the Mountain catalog as being available in color and sound. If anyone has a copy please let me know how the quality is. Thanks.

Doug

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on December 24, 2013, 04:24 AM:

Pictoreels issued a number of mid-thirties MGM cartoons on 8 and 16, and in both black & white and colour. Before the middle of 1935 MGM only had access to 2-strip Technicolor, therefore films such as "The Chinese Nightingale" don't look too good.

The first release using 3-strip was on the 21 September 1935 with "The Old Plantation."

Posted by Panayotis A. Carayannis (Member # 1220) on December 24, 2013, 08:39 AM:

Mind you that b&w sound versions are complete while color versions are edited down to five minutes.

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