It's Time For Saraka

Remember when I said I would put up scans of the entire Inbad the Ailer pamphlet if I got one? Well, I got one. I'll assemble these into a movie (well, a glorified slideshow) at some point.
Merry Xmas.

Breakfast Pals (Rice Krispies ad)

Title: Breakfast Pals
Studio: Cartoon Films Ltd.
Date: 1939?
Credits: -
Series: -
Running time (of viewed version): 1:22

Synopsis: Snap, Crackle and Pop battle Mushy and Soggy and their alpha.









Comments: Dating is a bit dodgy on this Rice Krispies ad, but Archive.org at least claims it's 1939. I wouldn't necessarily bet on that, but I don't yet have any evidence to disprove it. It is feasible. There's some fighting. The kids look creepy. Snap, Crackle and Pop don't use the inherent goodness of Rice Krispies to beat the soggies, but instead use pepper, syrup and general dirty fighting to get the job done.

http://www.archive.org/details/Breakfas1939

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

In 1939, Montgomery Ward introduced Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Supposedly, more than 2 million Rudolph booklets were distributed in 1939. But Gene Autrey's rendition of the written after the story song really brought Rudolh to the future. Hudson's should have put some "make a Christmas song" money behind Santa Bear to entrench him a bit more. Oh well.

You can see (not not really read very well) the contents of the booklet at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39216280@N07/sets/72157621937687556/with/3786225867/

You can also see the '40s Jam Handy/Fleischer Rudolph cartoon at
http://www.archive.org/details/RudolphTheRed-nosedReindeer1948

Wonder Bakers at the Fair

Title: Wonder Bakers at the World's Fair
Studio: Ted Eshbaugh
Date: (1939?)
Credits:
An Eshbaugh-Victor Production
Series: -
Running time (of viewed version): 3:36 (for footage on Cultoons)

Synopsis: Buy our mass produced baked goods.













Comments: I'm not certain this is a 1939 cartoon; it looks and sounds older. But jingle music retained this type of sound for awhile, so thats not dispositive. And Ted Eshbaugh's output as a solo and at Van Beuren didn't show so much evolution between known dated pieces (say, the Wizard of Oz in 1933 and Sunshine Makers in 1935) to really rule it out. In favor of 1939: the title is "The Wonder Bakers at the World's Fair"; as there were two World's Fairs in 1939-40, not mentioning the city would allow this to have been shown in San Francisco and New York. On the other hand, it also would have allowed it to be shown in 1933 and 1939, in Chicago and New York and San Francisco. If we can pin down creation of either the Wonder Baker bakers or the Hostess hostess mascots to after 1933, we can pin down the segments to the '39-40 fairs (I don't think anyone is arguing for 1963 or the Knoxville entry). Is there any evidence of when Eshbaugh was associated with someone named Victor (or the Voctor part of RCA Victor maybe)? As Eshbaugh's Wizard of Oz from 1933 was color (and he'd been working on color since 1932, based on the article at http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/04/how-the-first-color-cartoons-were-made/ , it was technically feasible.

Apparently, all sugar is ok and needs no testing for quality unlike flour, yeast and milk. Only bad ingredients are funny. The hostess is attractive. There really isn't much to comment on in this, content wise.

You can find this cartoon on Thunderbean's Cultoons Ads and Oddities
http://www.thunderbeananimation.com/dvdsales.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQ7JVG?ie=UTF8&seller=AKK5M0EM2CKQI&sn=thunderbean

Disney's Travel Tykes

These should be the Travel Tyke comics mentioned in the Standard Parade of 1939 yesterday. These aren't exactly high quality images, but they are superior to the other options known to be available to me in that they exist. Click on them and they will be a bit larger. Note that I over stated "pie eyed".

Disney's Standard Parade for 1939

Title: "Walt Disney's Standard Parade for 1939!
Studio: Disney
Date: 1939ish
Credits: -
Series: (Standard Parade?)
Running time (of viewed version): 7:33 without Leonard, 2:15 of the "Standard Parade for 1939" (aka without the live action).

Synopsis: Disney pimps for Standard Oil. There was a tie in for a comic insert in papers called Travel Tykes.


















Comments: Watch Walt smoke like a chimney. A Saturday Evening Post dated March 11, 1939 shows up, giving a no earlier than date; this makes me wonder if a date of January for the beginning of the Travel Tykes tie in comic is accurate. Awesome illuminated page from Argentina. There is a glazed pottery Mickey in possibly his Fun and Fancy Free outfit in front of Walt's honorary degree. 8 oscars; that should put this in after Ferdinand won and before Ugly Duckling won. Discusses the new $2 million studio being built. Dramatic Mickey and Donald dolls being swing around. For some reason the title reads "Walt Disney's Standard Parade for 1939! Copyright MCMXXXVII Walt Disney Prod. Ltd.". That's 1937. With certainly pre-1939 Donald and Mickey dolls. Perhaps there are earlier versions of this. Mickey's face is very flat looking. I would have guessed this was earlier than '39 to promote the forthcoming year, but the cover of Variety and the 8 Oscars implies that is not the case. Perhaps the animation was done earlier than the final cut of the black and white live action. Uh, there are earlier style pie eyed mice. Is this literally lifted animation from the parade of awards nominees? The Travel Tykes comics, supposedly from 1939, all seem to have a pie eyed Mickey, the animation here (tho not unlike Society Dog Show, the first '39 theatrical Mickey). Perhaps they were recycled from previous years as well? It occurs to me that Disney was trying to remake Mickey into one of the dwarfs.

Buried on Mickey Mouse In Living Color v2, disc 1, in a musical note on the bonus features page. I hate when they bury things as Easter Eggs. It's Title 27, chapter 2, if you can jump directly to it.