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Stop-motion marvels! : featuring the Kinex collection / Thunderbean Animation.

LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997.5 .S867 2022 disc + booklet
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
O'Brien, Willis, 1886-1962, animator.
Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, animator.
Baker, Bob, commentator.
Danforth, Jim, commentator.
Cabellero, Mark, commentator.
Walsh, Seamus, commentator.
Kinex Animation (Firm), production company.
Thunderbean Animation (Firm), publisher, distributor.
Series:
Animation classics collection.
Animation classics collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Stop-motion animation films--History--Sources.
Stop-motion animation films.
Animated films--History--Sources.
Animated films.
Motion pictures--Editing--History--Sources.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture industry--History--Sources.
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures--Editing.
Genre:
Juvenile works.
Animated films.
Children's films.
Fantasy films.
History.
Puppet films.
Short films.
Silent films.
Sources.
Stop-motion animation films.
Television commercials.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (136 min.) : silent and sound, black & white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Edition:
Newly remastered Blu-ray edition.
Distribution:
Ann Arbor, Michigan : Thunderbean Animation, [2022].
Other Title:
At head of title: Thunderbean presents
System Details:
Blu-ray disc, all regions; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player.
Summary:
A collection of early examples of stop-motion animation, featuring rare Kinex films, originally made in Hollywood for distribution to the new "home movie" market of the 1920's. Also includes early silent examples by the medium's pioneers including J. Stuart Blackton and Willis O'Brien.
Contents:
Early experiments. Princess Nicotine
The Automatic Moving Company
Prehistoric poultry
George Washington in clay
Miracles in mud
Swat the fly. The Kinex Studios collection. Red Riding Hood
Snap the Gingerbread Man
Chip the Wooden Man
Daffy doings in Doodlebugville
Pepper the Pup in Toodle-oo-o
Hector the Pup
Horse laffs. All sorts of shorts. Ferda the Ant
Dolly Daisy in hearts and flowers
Toyland ice capades
The peanut vendor
Mecki introduces himself
Rock a bye baby
The Ice Princess. Theatrical & Television Commercials. Lucky Strike commercials (1948)
Butter commercial (early 50's)
'Camel' commercial workprint (late 40's)
'King Kong' Volkswagen (1971)
Glo Coat (mid 60's)
Chocks (early 60's)
Brylcreem (early 50's).
Notes:
Special features: a collection of commercials featuring stop-motion animation; commentary tracks including noted stop-motion animators Bob Baker, Jim Danforth, and Screen Novelties' Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh; still gallery; more rare stop-motion shorts from around the world, including Ferda the Ant (1942) and Mecki the Hedgehog (1952).
Title from container; series title from earlier edition.
OCLC:
1358410041
Publisher Number:
738211838410

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