When I was a kid in the mid-2000s, I used to have this cartoon on a DVD of public domain Popeye cartoons. This is the only one I remember for some reason. I think I still have that disc somewhere. That DVD was one of two PD cartoon DVDs I had back then. The other was a Woody Woodpecker DVD with Pantry Panic on it.
Walter Gutlohn did some of them; Commonwealth did some too, as did Modern Sound Pictures. There's also prints that are pre-Gutlohn. This one is from the Gutohn time period, but who knows who printed it other than it was clearly a rental print. Print downs are prints made directly by taking a 35mm negative and making a print each time it's run. They're usually sharper than prints that were made from a 16mm negative and making a 'contact print' where the film is sandwiched with the negative and run together.
In the late 50’s, Our kindergarten teacher at Del Ray Elementary in Victorville Ca. would show this on special occasions. I never forgot it. I was mesmerized.
Three clips that are important to note: This clip at 1:00 is from the cartoon "Major Google," which its sound and color versions are lost. More clips to note is at 2:00 is from the lost cartoon "Hollywood Graduation." The third clip to talk about is the last one in this reel: it is a 2 second clip from the end of the cartoon "Hollywood Steps Out." This fragment from the scene appears no where in the Blue Ribbon reissue.
0:06 ??? 0:10 Skeleton Frolic (1937, Color Rhapsody) 0:25 and 1:14 Mr. and Mrs. is the Name (1935, Merrie Melodie) 0:34 The Mad Hatter (1940, Color Rhapsody) 0:40 Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936, Fleischer Studios) 0:44 ??? 0:46 Hollywood Capers (1935, Looney Tunes) 0:49 Viva Buddy (1934, Looney Tunes) 0:54 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932, Betty Boop) 0:59 Major Google (1936, Barney Google, sound and color version currently lost) 1:07 Who Killed Cock Robin (1936, Silly Symphony) 1:11 Swing Wedding (1937, Happy Harmony) 1:27 and 1:36 Mickey's Polo Team (1936, Mickey Mouse) 1:33 Broken Toys (1935, Silly Symphony) 1:47 Mother Goose in Hollywood (1938, Silly Symphony) 2:00 Hollywood Graduation (1938, Color Rhapsody, currently lost) 2:12 The Autograph Hound (1939, Donald Duck) 2:18 Land of the Midnight Fun (1939, Merrie Melodie) 2:29 Hollywood Steps Out (1940, Merrie Melodie, with lost scene)
