Here’s an interesting article regarding the history of Disney’s home movies division:
https://www.mouseplanet.com/11235/The_St...isney_8MM_Films
Here’s an interesting article regarding the history of Disney’s home movies division:
https://www.mouseplanet.com/11235/The_St...isney_8MM_Films
The only Disney film I bought was a B&W silent version of 'The Three Little Pigs'; pity it wasn't sound and colour, but that was all that was available from the store I bought it from.
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Interesting.
But they forgot that Pathescope issued silent black & white Walt Disney cartoons on 9.5mm.
I have a 1939 Pathescope catalogue which has Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphony cartoons, including "The Skeleton Dance". These were available to purchase or to hire.
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And nothing about the Disney/Derann releases. It´s all about the American home movie market.
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Robert,
It is interesting to me how quickly Disney started licensing their cartoons for overseas/international production and distribution back in the early days.
Many of us see Walt Disney as the brilliant creative mind behind the characters and cartoons and amusement parks, but it sounds like he had some very good business acumen as well...
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People immediately think of cartoons when they think of Disney, but they also did some first rate live action films, like 'The Great Locomotive Chase', with Jeffrey Hunter; 'Kidnapped, with Peter Finch, ' Robin Hood' with Richard Todd, '20 Thousand Leages under the Sea', with Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, to name a few.
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It's a pity that Pathescope saw fit to alter the titles of many of their 9.5mm releases, including Chaplins and other comedies. I often wonder why they did it. It might have been because they did not have the release rights, the very last Chaplins were quickly withdrawn because they did not have the rights to them.
But regarding the Disneys, the catalogue stated "By arrangement with Walt Disney - Mickey Mouse, Ltd". A further statement exemplified "Only Pathescope Mickey Mouse Films are the genuine Walt Disney creations in 9.5 mm. film size".
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