yes- as mentioned in another earlier reply, it's from 'Major Google' a spoof of course of Major Bowes Amateur Hour... and indeed is still missing. although perhaps another complete one has shown up in color...
The question is what happened to the rest of the footage these were taken from. Most likely they were returned to the film exchange, and the projectionist kept this.
That color is amazing. It looks like those digital restorations are accurate afterall, almost spot on to what we've seen on DVD. But nothing beats the look of film.
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.
The original Soundtrack is too damnin' beautiful to see ! I love that as not as many others could do this but me who can capture it with full frames with 35mm sprocket holes - Well, many thanks for this, Steve. I will do that when I find the lost Nitrate sound movies, either one-reel or a fragment version, and plant it right in here at my channel with title " # XX - Lost 35mm Nitrate Film FOUND ! ". Come on, please see my Lost 35mm Nitrate films just right now !
While it seems like there wasn't much of a connection at the start, the last half of this was themed around celebrity caricatures. That's not a bad direction to go for that projectionist to have done that.
I recognized a couple of characters in different scenes. Looks like a good collection of Disney, Fleischer, and Ub Iwerks cartoons as well as a Mutt and Jeff cartoon.
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)
It's only that little clip- this is an old nitrate reel of film clips that a projectionist must have saved... I wish there was more there, but it's all we get- preserved by accident! There's also a clip from 'Major Google' one of the Barney Google cartoons that have been missing for many years in their original form...
I was surprised to see that some of the variable area soundtracks were negatives, although I don't suppose that makes much difference in terms of reproducing the audio.
Most of these i'd say were cartoons made between 1934 -1941 (the last two were from hollywood's night out, released in 1941, the first part was from a deleted segment of the cartoon)
Sometimes I think that the sound on these nitrates are even more crisp and beautiful than the original restored negatives! Especially for Western Electric sound too. Speaking of which: The nitrates for "Mr and Mrs. is the Name" and "Viva Buddy" shown here is likely later 30's reprints since it uses the Western Electric sound system instead of the typical RCA system that WB used.
Sort of. After issues with Vitaphone playing, Warner switched to optical soundtracks for general sound printing and negatives, while they also still shipped out sound on disc versions for their films. Keep in mind that I took this from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt!
+thejapanscout Thanks for the info. After Vitaphone, WB decided to put optical soundtracks to go with their cartoons, but there was no mention of any sound systems used for theaters like Western Electric and RCA. All WB cartoons from the 1930 through 1969 used optical soundtracks, but the sound systems like Western Electric, Westrex or RCA was never shown since they decided to hide it to give it a little secret.
TreadwellJay The optical soundtrack on the left side was for 35mm nitrate prints. They did the same thing for 16mm sound where it had the optical soundtrack than the 35mm one. Super 8 doesn't have optical soundtrack, it uses magnetic stripe for Super 8 sound films, just like they did with audio tape. Super 8 sound films started around the 1970's where they competing with 16mm sound films with optical soundtrack and 35mm films that had the same thing.
@@Musicradio77Network The other scheme for Super8 sound is the Bell and Howell Filmosound system, with a separate two track tape recorder which recorded frame sync pulses on one track. The projector had a DC speed brake motor that was applied based on the running speed of the projector compared with the pulse rate coming in off the tape, in a negative feedback setup. Canon had a similar system.
I definitely recognized a few titles so I'll list what I can recognize from the clips: "Popeye Meets Sindbad", "Mickey's Polo Team", "Broken Toys","Who Killed Cock Robin" and "Mother Goose Goes To Hollywood", what are the others?
Huh, The only skeleton Dance I knew was the Black & White Disney one, what was this Skeleton dance from?, also found out the Betty Boop one is "Bamboo Island" (1932)
