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hidden36
2023-02-19T06:26:43Z
There’s an Astra compilation print of Woos Whoopee and Whys and Otherwise, titled Felix on the Water Wagon

From Jerry Beck:

Paul said "This seems to be a compilation of two cartoons. I just watched "Wise and Otherwise" and found the first half of that cartoon is the last half of "On the Water Wagon".
"On the Water Wagon has Felix staying late at the bar with friends, walking home hallucinating elephants, then arriving home to his angry wife. This is where "Wise" picks up as he tells a wild story of why he was late." Then David said: "That would make "On the Water Wagon" a combination of WHYS AND OTHERWISE and FELIX THE CAT WOOS WHOOPEE, which I recognize as the source of the first half." Then Paul responded, "We actually have two prints with the "Wise and Otherwise" titles.

Moonlight for Two is in the Whimseyland package because the hillbilly dog is seen on the box. Love Bugs isn’t because it has a full end cue

Various Columbia cartoons (likely prior to the 1940s) also made their way through Cinepix according to this page of a 1960 issue of Broadcasting
https://lantern.mediahis...adcastingtele59unse_0160 
OutOfOdor
2023-02-20T04:18:35Z
Hey, thanks!

By-the-by, what's the source on this quote? I looked up the statement you posted here on the Google but only got this very thread.
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
hidden36
2023-02-20T04:25:48Z
Originally Posted by: OutOfOdor 

what's the source on this quote?



A Facebook group named “Title/end/reel change cards”
hidden36
2023-02-21T06:54:47Z
Also giving a quick bonus that The Lady in Red does indeed have an Astra print. Medallion Pictures’ Cartoon Capers prints of various cartoons kept their end titles intact without creating a new one







(Hello Amigo is not the name Astra used)
OutOfOdor
2023-02-21T15:54:56Z
Thanks for the info! I would've suspected that cartoon was actually taken from the Krazytoons package, given their usual theme music, interesting that it was actually an Astra 'toon.
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
hidden36
2023-02-22T18:12:12Z
Even more entries I sure do need to list. These titles were found on a Facebook post from Tommy José Stathes

Baby-Sitting
African Daze
Tuning In (1929)
Tray for Dog
Playful Pup (His Off Day)
[unknown] in Diland
The Magic Lamp (Maid in China)
Cigar Store Indian
OutOfOdor
2023-02-22T18:15:53Z
Thanks! Wouldn't surprise me if "Tray for Dog" is the TerryToon "Old Dog Tray".
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
OutOfOdor
2023-02-22T22:26:56Z
Additional note, I kinda' wonder if there's any Astra prints of live-action stuff out there - it seems they distributed a package called "Old Timer Comedies" with 300 or so silent comedies, as well as some Chaplin shorts - what I'd do to check out those prints someday...
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
hidden36
2023-02-23T03:32:14Z
Originally Posted by: OutOfOdor 

I kinda' wonder if there's any Astra prints of live-action stuff out



Screen Attractions had a Chaplin short, under the name “Distress Signals”. Astra mostly seemed to focus on cartoons
Tommy Stathes
2023-02-25T05:07:08Z
Originally Posted by: hidden36 

Originally Posted by: OutOfOdor 

I kinda' wonder if there's any Astra prints of live-action stuff out



Screen Attractions had a Chaplin short, under the name “Distress Signals”. Astra mostly seemed to focus on cartoons



Astra, Screen Attractions, Exhibitor's Pictures, Modern Film Sales, etc. etc. etc. all seem to have been M.J. Kleinerman companies. Each was simply operating at different times throughout his 40 or so year career of buying/reissuing, duping, and pirating films. Some of these companies may have had different people listed as their chief operating officers. Cinepix was probably Astra, simply using a different company name at a certain point. We may never know the full extent of what each company issued since Kleinerman's archive was vast and handled in a pretty willy-nilly way.
OutOfOdor
2023-03-07T02:21:18Z
Found another Astra cartoon: "Felix Revolts", released in 1923. A distinctively Astra title card for it was found in an eBay listing, from a print duped to 8mm for home movie use by Atlas Films, itself another interesting film pirate.
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"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
Tommy Stathes
2023-03-07T04:41:09Z
Originally Posted by: OutOfOdor 

Found another Astra cartoon: "Felix Revolts", released in 1923. A distinctively Astra title card for it was found in an eBay listing, from a print duped to 8mm for home movie use by Atlas Films, itself another interesting film pirate.
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I have Astras with identical title cards for Felix Trumps the Ace and "Tea Time"
OutOfOdor
2023-03-07T15:44:59Z
Keen! Thanks for yet another addition to the list.
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
hidden36
2023-03-08T13:15:11Z
I’m still wondering what the “In Diland” short is. The reel is below the Baby Sitting cartoon (also unknwon) as seen in this Facebook post 

Another reel had the name of “Imitation Kitty”, which is likely Copy Cat from 1941, while 3 cans above is “Old Folks at Home”
OutOfOdor
2023-03-08T15:54:54Z
That "In Diland" cartoon, looking at that photo, seems to me like it actually says "In Toyland". "Cat in Toyland", no doubt.
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
Tommy Stathes
2023-03-08T18:19:25Z
"Cat in Toyland"
hidden36
2023-03-21T03:06:20Z
NEW ADDITION!

African Safari, a Cinepix print of “On the Pan”

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334799281213 
OutOfOdor
2023-03-21T03:21:31Z
!!!!!
Thanks for the addition!
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
hidden36
2023-03-21T15:34:55Z
No prob! However, I forgot another one…..

Krazytoons also bootlegged a couple of Astra/Cinepix’s prints of cartoons (as evident by “Daze” in some of their title cards), so The Cactus King (Saddle Daze) was truly in the latter’s package
OutOfOdor
2023-03-21T21:56:47Z
Fancy that!
Thanks again!

Whilst goin' through the GAC forums, I found another one to add to the list: the Boyd La Vero "Marty the Monk" short "Mexically Lilly", which somebody acquired a print of 'way back when. I have no idea if the short was retitled on that person's Astra print or not.
"With all respect to the great mousetrap."- Popeye, "The Spinach Overture" (1935)
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