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Douglas Meltzer
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posted 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

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Graham Ritchie
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posted December 21, 2013 05:51 PM

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

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted 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

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Maurice Leakey
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posted 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.

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted 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

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Maurice Leakey
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posted 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."

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted 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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