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4.0 out of 5 stars The Classic Shorts, Jun 29 2004

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At least someone is trying to get these cartoons to look original. The Paramount logos are on all of them and the ones that didn't haev original complete title cards. they used the later Famous music with the vintage Paramount logo. ON disc two they do have the 1942-43 rarely seen porthole sequence that comes after the Paramount logo [but they used a 1930s logo to open but they retained the 1942 version at the end].

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Viewer from Apalachicola" is wrong, wrong, wrong!, Jun 27 2004

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I think the fact that there are TWO "75th Anniversary" compilations is confusing people. The other one, from Koch, I have not seen, but I have not seen a single positive word written about it.

THIS collection, from VCI, is the real thing! Disc 1 features 9 cartoons from the Max Fleischer era, including the three famous long color features, and they've never looked better. Disc 2 features 25 cartoons from the Famous Studios era of the '50s, and while they can't hold a candle to the earlier Fleischers, they are still worthwhile. Add a commentary by historian Jerry Beck, and you have a package worth every penny of its reasonable price.

I hope "Apalachicola" purchases THIS compilation and retracts his/her earlier review.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price for Disk #1, Jun 18 2004

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I really have no interest in the Famous Studios cartoons from the 1950s that fill Disk #2 in this set, but the 1930s Fleischer cartoons on Disk #1 are worth every penny of the asking price. These are still not "offical" (i.e., remastered) releases, but the three Technicolor cartoons -- "Sinbad", "Alladin" & "Ali Baba" -- look much, much better than any other home video releases I have seen. Finally these color masterpieces can be enjoyed in something close to their original splendor!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware. Wait for the real thing. This is more PD junk.
Someday, we will see a wonderful DVD collection of the great Max Fleischer and Famous Studios POPEYE cartoons released by their rightful owner, Warner Bros. Read more

Published on Jun 8 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Waaal, blow me down! A worthy Popeye DVD at latsk!
This "75th Anniversary Collector's Edition" 2-disc set of POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN classic cartoons is well worth having, at least for the first disc. Read more

Published on May 24 2004 by Laughing Gravy