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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 23, 2018 12:18 PM
Hey Shorty ... (or others in the know)
When did those lovely Castle films "Castle Color" standard 8mm releases come out? What was the date? I've always thought that it was sometime in the 40's, but I am not sure, but I have always thought that it was within that time frame when the double speocket 16MM prints were still being made.
For those who don't know, I think that these were among the first ever "package films" films released for the home movie market that were in beautiful color, (not including the Kodak Kodachrome home movies, of course).
Though made from the two strip Cinecolor original negative material, the sprocket area states "Kodak", so I wonder if this was some form of Kodachrome used for these releases, but just not stated as Kodachrome ...
One thing is for sure, they still, to this very day, have GLORIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL COLOR!!!
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Joe Caruso
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posted January 23, 2018 01:58 PM
About or near 1956-59, Castle offered a few titles in color, the "Ub" cartoons in cinecolor fro 1940 to about 1953 and some Lantz cartoons 16mm Tech for about two years, 1947-49 - Now later on, again late 50's, Kodachrome (or anscochrome) releases in western, travel and cartoon were the norm until Eastman color, which was prevalent from 1960 till the close of the company, and most always turned pinkish-red - Some of mine still maintain their original brilliance, just fortunate in storage and humidity temp - Anyway, taht's about my nickel on it - Shorty
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 24, 2018 12:19 PM
Yes, I heard that too, (Steve and I go back years!) and they ought to look grand with his treatment. He's always done his best to get the best available negative elements.
In fact, from what i have read, Steve has been working on releasing from original negative elements, "Hoppity Goes To Town" in HD! I can hardly wait to see just how brilliant it originally looked!
Back to Castle Color ...
Does anybody have a complete list of all the Castle Color/Ub Iwerks standard 8mm releases and when they were released (beyond the first four, which we know from earlier in this post, to have been released in 1941!).
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Joe Caruso
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posted January 24, 2018 04:03 PM
Osi, I have these in Std 8 Silent with original boxes -
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, SIMPLE SIMON, DON QUIXOTE, PUSS IN BOOTS, DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT, BIG BAD WOLF, SINBAD THE SAILOR, HEADLESS HORSEMAN. LITTLE BLACK SAMBO (this one I don't have), MARY'S LITTLE LAMB, KING'S TAILOR, PINCUSHION MAN, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD, ALADDIN'S LAMP, JACK FROST - Charming little things they are - Shorty
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted January 25, 2018 10:41 AM
Man ...
I am "reelly" enjoying this topic! (sorry, couldn't resist!).
The only two I have wanted from this series in the 200dt standard 8 color editions I have, "Little Black Sambo" and "Pincushion Man", as these wrre, quite frankly, in my opinion, the high point of Ub Iwerks animated films, though "Sambo' is more one for it's politically incorrect nature, (which makes it more collectible).
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