Mental Brain Media

This DVD collects some of Harman and Ising's fun-filled, musical films from the early 1930s: Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (May 1929) Sinkin' in the Bathtub (April 1930) Congo Jazz (August 1930) Hold Anything (November 1930) The Booze Hangs High (December 1930) Box Car Blues (December 1930) Big Man from the North (February 1931) Ain't Nature Grand! (March 1931) Ups 'n Downs (April 1931) Dumb Patrol (May 1931) Yodeling Yokels (June 1931) Bosko's Holiday (July 1931) The Tree's Knees (August 1931) Lady,...

Rare Bosko cartoons are here at last in this collection of 26 fun-filled, uncensored, pre-code cartoons by animation pioneers Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. Includes: Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid, Sinkin' in the Bathtub, Congo Jazz, Hold Anything, The Booze Hangs High, Box Car Blues, Big Man from the North, Ain't Nature Grand!, Ups 'N Downs, Dumb Patrol, Yodeling Yokels, Bosko's Holiday, The Tree's Knees, Bosko Shipwrecked!, Bosko the Doughboy, Bosko's Soda Fountain, Bosko's Fox Hunt, Bosko at the...

The 5th volume may be the last, but it's not the least! Join us as we present more great golden era cartoons! You'll find more WWII treasures like Daffy - the Commando and Falling Hare; laugh out loud at the Fantasia parody A Corny Concerto; and even see some cartoons with ethnic themes that are too controversial for TV like Tokio Jokio and Inki and the Minah Bird (viewer discretion is advised).

And now stand by for adventure... 3... 2... 1... With the exciting stories of Colonel Bleep! The interplanetary fun continues in the second and final volume of Colonel Bleep: the Complete Surviving Series! Join extraterrestrial space explorer Colonel Bleep, his trusty space deputy sidekicks Squeak the cowboy puppet and Scratch the cave man, as they explore fantastic new worlds and save the universe from baddies like the evil Dr. Destructo, the Black Knight, and Black Patch the pirate! Whether...

Starting in the 1930s, animated cartoons started to get really WACKY! Fresh young talent were rising up in the animation industry and they wanted to create something funny and zany rather than the Disney-esque musicals that many studios were desperately trying to imitate. Their work is still just as funny and wacky today as it was in the 1930s, giving generations of fans a good belly laugh! Hollywood Capers (Dir. Jack King, Oct. 1935, B+W) Boom Boom (Dir. King, Feb. 1936, B+W) Westward Whoa...

Deeply concerned with the rise of communism after the start of the Cold War, Harding University (then known as Harding College) worked with film studio John Sutherland Productions to produce a series of short animated films "to create a deeper understanding of what has made America the finest place in the world to live"! This beautifully animated, patriotic, educational film series was titled Fun and Facts About America and warned Americans about the dangers of communism. Sutherland, a...

Courageous Crusader Rabbit and his heroic friend Ragland T. Tiger are always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who's in danger! Join them as they save the day in these exciting adventures out West: Crusader Rabbit vs. the State of Texas (1949). When Crusader and Rags learn that Crusader's jack rabbit cousins in Texas are in danger of being exiled, they set out on a quest to rescue them. Can they save all the jack rabbits before it's too late? Selected Chapters from "West We Forget"...

More fun and comedy await you as we explore more great cartoons from animation's Golden Era! Whether it's experimenting with different visual styles in The Dover Boys, parodying Disney's Fantasia in Pigs in a Polka, or making a deep socio political commentary in The Fifth-Column Mouse, these great historical cartoon treasures are a sure delight for animation fans and collectors alike!

As the 1940s began, cartoons from every animation studio started to get even funnier and zanier than ever as talented cartoonists continued to push the limits of what is possible in animation. This uncut and uncensored collection of hilarious rare cartoons is sure to please any animation collector. Some of the films in this collection are rather controversial today. Viewer discretion is advised.

Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were some of the earliest animation directors. They founded WB and MGM's animation studios and are the creators of the famous character Bosko. They started working for Walt Disney in the 1920s, helping to make the Alice Comedies and Oswald Rabbit cartoons. In 1928, they made a pilot film entitled "Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid". The film impressed film producer Leon Schlesinger so much that he decided to hire Harman and Ising to create a series of cartoons for...

This disc contains: Bosko Shipwrecked! (Sept. 1931) Bosko the Doughboy (Oct. 1931) Bosko's Soda Fountain (Nov. 1931) Bosko's Fox Hunt (Dec. 1931) Bosko at the Zoo (Jan. 1932) Battling Bosko (Feb. 1932) Big-Hearted Bosko (March 1932) Bosko's Party (April 1932) Bosko and Bruno (April 1932) Bosko's Dog Race (June 1932) Bosko at the Beach (July 1932) Bosko's Store (Aug. 1932) Bosko the Lumberjack (Sept. 1932)

Surreal fun and antics await you in these timeless cartoon classics from the Van Beuren Studio! Tom and Jerry were created by animation director John Foster, and New York based artists George Stallings and George Rufle in the early 1930s. The characters were based on Waffles the Cat and Don Dog from the Aesop's Fables cartoon series, and were inspired by the popular comic strip Mutt and Jeff; Several animators from the Fleischer animation studio (Betty Boop) moonlighted for Van Beuren, which...