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THE PUPPETOONS ARE BACK!
THE PUPPETOON MOVIE VOLUME 3
COMING TO PUPPETOON.NET
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
THE PUPPETOON MOVIE VOLUME 3
COMING TO PUPPETOON.NET
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 Blu-Ray Limited Edi0on is a third landmark collection of 28 more spectacular George Pal Academy Award®-winning stop-mo0on and cel animated shorts, totalingsome 5 hours of content. Each cartoon has been restored from its original
Technicolor nega0ves. Fans will enjoy the return of Punchy & Judy, Jim Dandy, Rusty, Dr. Seuss, Jan and JaneNe, Mr. Strauss, Jasper and the Screwball Army; plus the first Puppetoon key anima0on work fromlegendary animator Ray Harryhausen.
Long before Pal ignited audiences’ imagina0ons with feature film classics like The Time Machine (1960) and The War of the Worlds (1953), he made PUPPETOONS! These brilliantly conceived short subjects astounded the world. Now animated marvels, not seen in decades, are back. All are restored in high defini0onand are more beau0ful than ever.
Moviegoers were stunned in 1987 when producer-director Arnold Leibovit reintroduced Pal’s Technicolor Puppetoons to a new genera0on with his loving tribute The Puppetoon Movie, hosted by Gumby and Pokey. Puppetoons not seen in years was both an anima0on event and a much-deserved tribute honoring the legacy of their creator, sci-fi & fantasy pioneer George Pal. The feature compiled a number of Puppetoons Palcreated in the 1930s and 1940s.
When The Puppetoon Movie was restored in high defini0on for Blu-ray in 2013, it was met with enthusiasm. Excitement grew when a second volume of restored Puppetoons came to Blu-ray in 2020 with The PuppetoonMovie Volume 2, which received wide acclaim. Many were thrilled to learn that yet a third volume was in the works.Now, acer nearly 4 years of me0culous restora0on, The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 has at last arrived.
Included are six restored Successive Exposure Nega0ve (SEN) Puppetoons: Western Daze (1940, the first for Paramount Pictures), Bravo Mr. Strauss (1943, where The Screwball Army returns), The Truck That Flew (1943, introducing the memorable melody Moonlight Holiday), Together in the Weather (1946, stars Punchy & Judy, who were designed by Walt Disney animator Fred Moore), Hotlip Jasper (1945, featuring trumpet virtuoso Raphael Mendez) and Jasper’s Derby (1946, scored to the classic Gypsy Airs).
Seven Paramount SEN preserva0on prints return from Volume 1 this 0me in even higher resolu0on with vastly improved restora0ons. Included are four of the seven Academy Award®- nominated Puppetoons for Best Animated Short Subject: Dr. Seuss’s The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943), Dr. Seuss’s And ToThink That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1944), Rhythm in the Ranks (1941) and Jasper and the Beanstalk (1945); plus Date with Duke (1947, Duke Ellington), Rhapsody in Wood (1947, Woody Herman) and The SkyPrincess (1941). Also added are cel animated discoveries from Europe: The Old Woman Who Lived In AShoe (1940), The Queen Was In The Parlour (1939), The Good Bear and the Bad Bear (1940) and A FairyTale About A Melancholic King (1934).
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 contains one milestone Puppetoon acer another, thanks to the coopera0on of Paramount Pictures, The Library of Congress, The Bri0sh Film Ins0tute, UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Eye Filmmuseum, The Philips Company, GlaxoSmithKline, J Walter Thompson, ASIFA Hollywood, The Na0onal Film Archive Czech Republic, Bio Vakan0eoord and others.
So, journey back to a 0me of magic and wonder and experience once again George Pal’s one-of- a-kindPuppetoons!
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 is coming to Puppetoon.Net September 1, 2023.
CONTENTS
Puppetoons (High DefiniFon)
Western Daze (1940)
The Ballet of Red Radio Valves (1938) Bravo Mr. Strauss(1943)
Hotlip Jasper (1945)
Together in the Weather (1946) Jasper’s Music Lesson(1943) Rhythm in the Ranks (1941)
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1943) The Truck ThatFlew (1943)
Date with Duke (1947) On Parade (1936)
The Tool Box (1970)
Jasper and the Beanstalk (1945) My Man Jasper(1945)
The Sky Princess (1941) Jasper’s Boobytraps(1945) Rhapsody in Wood (1947) Jasper’s Derby(1946)
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1939)
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1944) Shoe Shine Jasper(1947)
Cel Animated (High DefiniFon)
The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe (1940) The Queen Was InThe Parlour (1939)The Good Bear and the Bad Bear (1940)
A Fairy Tale About A Melancholic King (1934) Charlie’s WorldCruise (1936)
Friend in Need (1940) World’s Greatest Show(1935)
Extras
Sweet Pacific (1947)Previously Unreleased George Pal Interview (1970)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985) Expanded Interviews: Ray Harryhausen, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry,
Roy E. Disney, Joe Dante, Russ Tamblyn, Wah Chang, Duke Goldstone,Bob Baker
Full Produc0on and Donor Credits
Includes 20-Panel Color Booklet, Liner Notes by Arnold Leibovit Blu-rayTechnical SpecificaFon
Digital Video: 1080p High-Defini0on; Original Aspect Ra0o 1.37:1 Audio: DTS-HDMaster Audio 2.0 MonoBit Rate: 25 Mbps
Sub0tles: 3 Short Subjects Op0onal English Run Time: 282minutes Technicolor/Gasparcolor/Black & White DiscConfigura0on: BD Dual Layer
Region Free. Not Rated
Studio: Arnold Leibovit Entertainment/Puppetoon Produc0ons UPC:051497249144
Package Dimension: 0.7 x 6.3 x 5.4 inches, 4.0 Ounces
Featured Characters: Punchy & Judy, Jim Dandy, Rusty, Dr. Seuss, Jan and JaneNe, Mr. Strauss, Jasper,The Screwball Army
Directors: George Pal, Arnold Leibovit
Puppetoon Animators and ArFsts: George Pal, Ray Harryhausen, Willis O’Brien, Wah Ming Chang, GeneWarren Sr., Duke Goldstone, Bob Baker, Fred Moore, Erwin Broner, George E. Jordan, Reginald Massie,John S. AbboN, Herb Johnson, Willard Oberlin, Dale Tholen, Miles Pike, Blanding Sloane, Stuart O’Brien, Isador Jimmy Stone
Voice Actors: Mel Blanc, Victory Jory, Thurl Ravenscroc, Pat McGeehan, Billy Bletcher, Rex Ingram, RobertC. Bruce, Byron Kane, Glenn Leedy, Sara Berner, Roy Glenn, Alvin Childress, Eloise Rawitzer, LillianRandolph, Malcomn McEachern, Sam Browne, Ruby Dandridge, Evelyn Dall, Sam Edwards, Walter Tetley
Musical Talent: Peggy Lee, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Andre Kostelanetz, DavidRaksin, Rafael Mendez, Raymond ScoN, William Eddison Von ONenfeld, Arling Martyn, Maurice De Packh,Del Porter, Clarence Wheeler, Thurston Knudson, Debroy Somers, Hugo De Groot, Joe Hajos, Bela Radics,The Lajos Kiss and Jack Hylton Orchestras.
