The Oswald the Lucky Rabbit story has not ended and the search for the lost cartoons is not over. We are still diligently hunting for several missing titles. I wanted to post this again since we ha...
2022-03-26 14:22:02 +0000 UTC View Post
(Image Caption: A still from the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short THE OLE SWIMMIN’ ‘OLE, which was released on February 6, 1928.)
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Walt Disney's First Big...
2022-01-27 15:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought you would enjoy this article I wrote on the Mickey Mouse Pocket Knife especially those who li...
2022-01-17 00:41:59 +0000 UTC View PostI am very disappointed that someone ripped the video I put up on my Patreon page. It was published for my subscribers only and I have removed it for now until I can add more security to showing thi...
2022-01-02 01:08:20 +0000 UTC View Post
This cartoon is a nearly a two-minute clip of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short NECK 'N' NECK, which was located in Japan in 2018. The short is directed by Walt Disney with animation by...
2021-11-17 18:48:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Africa Before Dark is an animated short released on February 20, 1928, which was produced and directed by Walt Disney. This cartoon was one of many long-lost Oswald shorts. A nearly complete negati...
2021-09-22 20:16:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought you might enjoy seeing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short HIGH UP which was released on August 6, 1928. It was considered lost before its rediscovery in 2017. Running time: 6 mins (approx.) St...
2021-09-15 20:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostI thought that you would be interested in reading my latest article, "5 Things You Don’t Know About Imagineer Claude Coats." Coats was the artist behind some of the most stunning backgrounds prod...
2021-08-09 22:01:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi All,
I thought you would like to see this documentary I made in 2017. It's called Disney Cartoon Camera, and hosted by acclaimed historian Leonard Maltin. The film tracks the h...
2021-08-03 17:26:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi All,
I know it has been a while since my last post due to the pandemic. I hope that you are doing well and have made it through the craziness of the last year and half in reasonably good s...
2021-07-16 22:31:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is wonderful little animated film titled Finding His Voice that was created for the Western Electric Company in 1929. The animation is directed by F. Lyle Goldman and Max Fleischer. T...
2020-03-16 16:31:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Disney Animator Fred Moore animating a scene for a WWII training film in 1943. He is at his desk in the Animation Building on the Studio lot in Burbank. Note the drawings of Donald Duck and José C...
2020-02-08 15:29:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Patreon Supporters,
It has been a terrific year and next year is already shaping up to be wonderful as well. I wanted to take a moment to extend warm wishes to you and...
2019-12-14 14:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to share with you all the latest Oswald news. On Monday morning, I got an advance copy of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons Limited-Edition 2019-06-18 14:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the last several months, I have been researching and writing about some of Disney's WWII films. Some of the films were RESTRICTED or CLASSIFIED when they were made at the studio during the war...
2019-05-16 22:29:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to take a moment to write you all a note of thanks for your support over the past year. It has been an exciting twelve months that saw the discovery of NECK 'N' NECK, one of the lost Oswal...
2018-12-22 18:02:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the last week, I authenticated a two minute chunk of the Lost Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, NECK 'N' NECK. I was able to do this by matching the screen action with the written scene description ...
2018-09-30 23:05:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Max Fleischer was one of the early pioneers of animated cartoons and headed the Fleischer Studios with his brother. He is known for Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Superman and ...
2018-05-16 22:34:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Because of all of you, we were able to restore ALICE'S LITTLE PARADE and add a music score to it. This was no small task and took a lot of time and effort to make it happen. The digital scans of 16mm ...
2018-04-10 20:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Alice’s Little Parade was first released on February 1, 1926, and was part of the Alice Comedies series directed by Walt Disney. The series, which consists of 57 silent short...
2018-03-05 17:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to let you all know that the re-premiere of ALICE'S LITTLE PARADE with a score by Mark Watters went very well. Those of you at the Executive Producer and Producer levels received screen credi...
2018-02-28 19:14:06 +0000 UTC View Post
On Saturday, February 10, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 11, 2018 @ 2:00 p.m. the Riverside Philharmonic Presents “Animatus Eventus” an all animation program with live musical accompaniment...
2018-01-20 14:01:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone,
I hope that you're having a great holiday season. The restoration on Alice's Little Parade is progressing along nicely and I want to share a before and after image so that you can see t...
2017-12-30 18:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to let you all know that we are moving forward with the restoration of Alice’s Little Parade and it is being funded mostly through this Patreon campaign. So, you should be ve...
2017-10-20 14:19:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam Jewitt, one of our supporters of this Patreon project to find lost Oswald and Alice Comedies, created this wonderful poster to help promote this effort. I love the fact that participates are taki...
2017-09-22 14:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I am back from a two-week vacation in Maine and wanted to give you all an update. Here is a short clip from Alice's Little Parade. It is part of a recently acquired copy of the film, lo...
2017-09-20 16:34:22 +0000 UTC View PostHi All,
I wanted to keep you up to date. We will begin restoration on Alice's Little Parade in early October thanks to your participation. The goal is to have that finished by years end. We ha...
2017-08-30 17:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post
