Rating : - KO-KO SONG CAR-TUNES by Jerry Beck
The real prize of the new Inkwell Images releases is the KO-KO'S SONG CAR-TUNES collection. It is fashioned as a documentary with Dick Huemer's son Richard and Bernard Fleischer (a grandson) providing commentary. These are the pioneering mid twenties sound cartoons (preceeding STEAMBOAT WILLIE) and the video contains four complete titles (HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY, COMIN' THRO' THE RYE, MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME and WHEN THE CHOO-CHOO LEAVES FOR ALABAM) and bouncing ball sequences from a few others.
These collections are expertly packaged and professionally produced, and DVD editions will be available next month. The prints are superb (or at least the best we'll ever get), many are tinted. My only request is: more of this wonderful Fleischer collection (more Song Car-tunes please).
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