This is another rather pointless list of mine, this time listing cartoons distributed by the pirate distributor Astra TV/Cinepix Inc. for television sometime in the 1950s in their "Whimseyland" package. Mention must be briefly made of a company called Screen Attractions, a predecessor to this outfit. Some of these same cartoons were previously handled by SA, like the Mutt and Jeff and Charley films. (Heck, "Egyptian Daze" even has the text "A Screen Attraction" on its end card.)
A Fireman's Life = "Hook and Ladder Hokum" (Van Beuren, 1933)
A Good Time = ???
A King’s Christmas = “Christmas Night” (Van Beuren, 1934)
Batter Up = “The Ball Park" (Aesop's Fables, 1929)
Cat in Toyland = ??? (possibly "Felix Trips Thru Toyland" [Sullivan, 1925?]?)
Charley at the Circus (Pat Sullivan, 1918)
Cholly Polly (Columbia, 1942)
Cinderella = “Once Upon a Time” (Audio Productions, c. 1937)
Country Boy Rabbit = “Country Boy” (WB, 1935)
Dog Missing = “Dog Gone” (Mutt and Jeff, 1926)
Egyptian Daze = “Mummy O’Mine” (Mutt and Jeff, 1926)
Goats and Whiskers = “Billy Goat’s Whiskers” (Terry, 1937)
Heavenly Daze = “Koko’s Paradise” (Fleischer, 1926)
Home Sweet Home = ???
Icy Daze = ???
Invisible Revenge (Mutt and Jeff, 1925) (Presuming this is originally an Astra print, by way of the "Charley at the Circus" music appearing in this.)
Junior Camera Bug = ???
Love Bugs = "Fly Hi" (Van Beuren, 1931)
Lumberjack = “The Saw Mill Mystery” (Terrytoons, 1937)
Magazine Rack= “I Like Mountain Music” (WB, 1931)
Midnight Follies/Midnight Frolics = "We're in the Money" (WB, 1933)
Midsummer Day Dream = "Bosko’s Woodland Daze" (WB, 1931)
Misses His Swiss = “Felix Misses His Swiss” (Sullivan, 1926)
Mister Do-All = “Jack from All Trades” (Sullivan, 1927)
Off to the Races = “Ups and Downs” (WB, 1931)
On Duty = “One More Time” (WB, 1931)
Racing Fever = ??? (TBA McCrory "Life Cartoon Comedy")
Rag Dog (Van Beuren, 1935)
Scare Crow and the Wolf = ???
Scared Rabbit = “The Timid Rabbit” (Terrytoons, 1937)
Simon and His Goose = ??? (probably “Simple Simon” [Iwerks, 1935])
Soda Clerks (Mutt and Jeff, 1925)
Spring Cleaning = “Kiko’s Cleaning Day” (Terrytoons, 1937)
Spring Time = ???
Swiss Daze = ???
Sunken Treasure = "Felix Braves the Briny" (Sullivan, 1926)
The Dancing Bear (Terrytoons, 1937)
The Happy Kittens = ???
The Inventor = “Felix Turns the Tide” (Sullivan, 1922)
The Magic Fish = ????
Some of these I don’t have access to the original B&W Astra prints that were used as sources for Fred Ladd’s redrawns, but I can tell they were sourced from this distributor because of the distinctive title cards.
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2021-01-25T00:17:29Z
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"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)