Thunderbean presents Rainbow Parade Cartoons, Volume 1: a collection of magical, musical Golden Age shorts restored from the best existing master materials! When the Van Beuren Studio hired Burt Gillett—fresh from directing the popular Three Little Pigs (1933)—and indie cartoon maker Ted Eshbaugh to create the Rainbow Parade series, the results were the most lavish, expensive cartoons Van Beuren ever produced. And now the first 13 in the series are back: from Eshbaugh classics like The Sunshine Makers and Japanese Lanterns to the proto-Cuphead kettles of The Picnic Panic, all presented in their original Cinecolor! Also including three Toddle Tales—Gillett’s precursor series in black and white—this set is the culmination of a four-and-a-half-year search, restoring each cartoon from top 35mm and 16mm sources at Blackhawk Films, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, The Library of Congress and prized private collections.Grandfather’s Clock Along Came a Duck A Little Bird Told Me Pastrytown Wedding The Parrotville Fire Department The Sunshine MakersParrotville Old FolksJapanese Lanterns Spinning Mice The Picnic Panic The Merry Kittens Parrotville Post Office The Rag Dog The Hunting Season Scotty Finds a Home Bird Scouts Bonus Features include: Liner notes full of information about films, creators and music New animated title sequence created just for this collection! Still galleries of rare model sheets and production art Special music segments—including almost music-only versions of The Rag Dog, Along Came a Duck and more! B/W and color, 140 minutes
