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In 1928, when Walt Disney's artists completed "The Skeleton Dance," the distributor of the Mickey Mouse shorts rejected the first "Silly Symphony" with a two-word telegram: "MORE MICE." Disney arranged to screen "Skeleton Dance" at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, where it received an enthusiastic response, and the series took off. Seven "Silly Symphonies" won Academy Awards, beginning with "Flowers and Trees." Disney used these musically themed shorts to train young artists and test new styles, effects, and technologies: every film represented an innovation of some sort. In "Three Little Pigs," characters who looked alike demonstrated different personalities through the way they moved. "The Old Mill" showcased the newly invented Multiplane camera. The Sugar Cookie Girl in "Cookie Carnival" was one of several female characters the artists created while learning to animate a believable heroine for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The well-chosen selections in this set demonstrate how quickly Disney advanced the art of animation during the '30s. Only eight years separate the crude black-and-white version of "The Ugly Duckling" (1931) from the moving Technicolor Oscar-winner of 1939. Over 60 years later, these films have lost none of their charm. The jazz-dancing insects in "Woodland Café," the wonderfully animated caricature of Mae West in "Who Killed Cock Robin," and the instrument-characters in "Music Land" remain as delightful as ever. Leonard Maltin makes a genial host, and two hidden cartoons include Walt's introductions from the old Disneyland program. --Charles Solomon
First cd:
- 00 - Leonard Maltin's introduction
Filesize.....: 9.99 MB (or 10,238 KB or 10,483,712 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:01:03 (1,900 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1235 kb/s
Frame Size...: 480x368
- 01 - intro The skeleton dance (Leonard Maltin)
Filesize.....: 7.99 MB (or 8,182 KB or 8,378,368 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:00:46 (1,364 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1384 kb/s
Frame Size...: 480x368
- 01 - The Skeleton Dance (1929)
Filesize.....: 50.0 MB (or 51,232 KB or 52,461,568 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:05:32 (7,957 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1179 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 02 - Birds of a Feather (1931)
Filesize.....: 74.0 MB (or 75,792 KB or 77,611,008 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:08:05 (11,640 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1194 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 03 - The Busy Beavers (1931)
Filesize.....: 63.7 MB (or 65,300 KB or 66,867,200 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:07:06 (10,214 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1171 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 04 - The China Plate (1931)
Filesize.....: 69.0 MB (or 70,664 KB or 72,359,936 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:07:33 (10,860 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1193 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 05 - Egyptian Melodies (1931)
Filesize.....: 57.0 MB (or 58,394 KB or 59,795,456 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:06:21 (9,129 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1171 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 06 - Mother Goose Melodies (1931)
Filesize.....: 74.0 MB (or 75,808 KB or 77,627,392 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:08:12 (11,795 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1178 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
07 - intro Ugly duckling (Leonard Maltin)
Filesize.....: 4.98 MB (or 5,104 KB or 5,226,496 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:00:29 (858 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1371 kb/s
Frame Size...: 480x368
- 07 - Ugly Duckling (1931)
Filesize.....: 60.9 MB (or 62,460 KB or 63,959,040 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:06:44 (9,693 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1180 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 08 - Just Dogs (1932)
Filesize.....: 66.0 MB (or 67,614 KB or 69,236,736 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:07:14 (10,398 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1192 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
- 09 - Babes in the woods (1932)
Filesize.....: 76.0 MB (or 77,824 KB or 79,691,776 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:07:42 (11,078 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1295 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
10 - intro Flowers and trees (Leonard Maltin)
Filesize.....: 11.5 MB (or 11,870 KB or 12,154,880 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:01:22 (2,444 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1104 kb/s
Frame Size...: 480x368
- 10 - Flowers and Trees (1932)
Filesize.....: 76.9 MB (or 78,846 KB or 80,738,304 bytes)
Runtime......: 00:07:49 (11,255 fr)
Video Bitrate: 1291 kb/s
Frame Size...: 544x416
Video Codec..: XviD Koepi's build 24062003
Audio Bitrate: ~ 77 kb/s, monophonic VBR
Subtitulos inglés.
Well, actually among this first cd's cartoons only "Mother goose melodies" and "Babes in the wood" have subtitles, the other cartoons don't need them, there are no spoken or written words.