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As far as I know, the only US company who released them was Ken Films, but silent, and often in B&W. I see Techo Films released some, always from non-US sellers. The rare times I've seen screenshots, there was a lot of fade.
I think Deran released a handful, but only post-Golden Age. Ken films were restricted to pre-1948 AAPs.
Can anyone recommend (regarding image quality, especially the color) the best releases in Super 8 sound on color stock other than Eastman? Golden Age, pre and post 1948 -- preferably the latter. Preferably Bugs and The Road Runner. The ones WB held onto after the sale to APP were on the whole better and the ones that wound up on the various incarnations of THE BUGS BUNNY & ROADRUNNER SHOW. ("On with the show - this is it!")
I have exactly one in my collection -- unknown manufacturer -- and it's a colorized B&W Daffy Duck -- THE IMPATIENT PATIENT. I've had it for like 30 years and only discovered a few years ago it was supposed to be in B&W. It was supposedly hand-colored, and of course they reduced the number of unique frames down from 24 per second. They did that to some Betty Boops, too. (I almost bought MINNIE THE MOOCHER recently in Super 8 from Ivy until I found out they cut out Cab Calloway in the colorized version!) For Popeye, it didn't happen until the computer-colorized age, I think.
I've seen some Niles releases of a handful of PD ones from AAP.
I think Deran released a handful, but only post-Golden Age. Ken films were restricted to pre-1948 AAPs.
Can anyone recommend (regarding image quality, especially the color) the best releases in Super 8 sound on color stock other than Eastman? Golden Age, pre and post 1948 -- preferably the latter. Preferably Bugs and The Road Runner. The ones WB held onto after the sale to APP were on the whole better and the ones that wound up on the various incarnations of THE BUGS BUNNY & ROADRUNNER SHOW. ("On with the show - this is it!")
I have exactly one in my collection -- unknown manufacturer -- and it's a colorized B&W Daffy Duck -- THE IMPATIENT PATIENT. I've had it for like 30 years and only discovered a few years ago it was supposed to be in B&W. It was supposedly hand-colored, and of course they reduced the number of unique frames down from 24 per second. They did that to some Betty Boops, too. (I almost bought MINNIE THE MOOCHER recently in Super 8 from Ivy until I found out they cut out Cab Calloway in the colorized version!) For Popeye, it didn't happen until the computer-colorized age, I think.
I've seen some Niles releases of a handful of PD ones from AAP.
However, the closing and opening titles differ.
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