ComiColor Cartoons
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The ComiColor Cartoon series was a series of 25 animated short subjects produced by the Ub Iwerks studio from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by the studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior company Celebrity Pictures (run by Pat Powers) had to distribute the films itself. The series was shot exclusively in Cinecolor.
Most of the ComiColor entries were based upon popular fairy tales and other familiar stories, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Old Mother Hubbard, The Bremen Town Musicians, and The Headless Horseman. Grim Natwick, Al Eugster, and Shamus Culhane were among the series' lead animators/directors, and a number of the shorts were filmed using Iwerks' multiplane camera, which he built himself from the remains of a Chevrolet automobile.
All of the ComiColor cartoons are now available in the 2004 Region 2 ComiColor DVD set released by Mk2/Lobster in France. Many are available in Region 1, in particular on the Cartoons That Time Forgot series.
Filmography
1933-34
| Film | Original release date |
|---|---|
| Jack and the Beanstalk | November 30, 1933 |
| The Little Red Hen | February 16, 1934 |
| The Brave Tin Soldier | April 7 |
| Puss in Boots | May 17 |
| The Queen of Hearts | June 25 |
| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | August 10 |
| The Headless Horseman | October 1 |
| The Valiant Tailor (The King's Tailor - Castle Films) | October 29 |
| Don Quixote | November 26 |
| Jack Frost | December 24 |
1935
| Film | Original release date |
|---|---|
| Little Black Sambo | February 6, 1935 |
| The Bremen Town Musicians | March 6 |
| Old Mother Hubbard | April 3 |
| Mary's Little Lamb | May 1 |
| Summertime | June 15 |
| Sinbad the Sailor | July 30 |
| The Three Bears | August 30 |
| Balloon Land (The Pincushion Man - Castle Films) | September 30 |
| Simple Simon | November 15 |
| Humpty Dumpty | December 30 |
1936
| Film | Original release date |
|---|---|
| Ali Baba | January 30, 1936 |
| Tom Thumb | March 30 |
| Dick Whittington's Cat | May 30 |
| Little Boy Blue (The Big Bad Wolf - Castle Films) | July 30 |
| Happy Days | September 30 |
References
- Leslie Iwerks and John Kenworthy, The Hand Behind the Mouse (Disney Editions, 2001) and documentary of the same name (DVD, 1999)
- Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Penguin Books, 1987)
- Jeff Lenburg, The Great Cartoon Directors (Da Capo Press, 1993)
