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ComiColor
ComiColor Cartoon Title Card.webp
The ComiColor Title Card Used For: Jack Frost (1934)
Directed by Shamus Culhane
Al Eugster
Ub Iwerks
Produced by Pat Powers
Music by Carl Stalling
Color process Cinecolor
Production
company
Distributed by Celebrity Productions
Running time
6 — 7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

ComiColor Cartoons is a series of twenty-five animated short subjects produced by Ub Iwerks from 1933 to 1936. The series was the last produced by Iwerks Studio; after losing distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1934, the Iwerks studio's senior company Celebrity Pictures (run by Pat Powers) had to distribute the films itself. The series was shot exclusively in Cinecolor.

Contents

Most of the ComiColor entries were based upon popular fairy tales and other familiar stories, including Jack and the Beanstalk , Old Mother Hubbard , The Bremen Town Musicians , and The Headless Horseman .

Production

Grim Natwick, Al Eugster, and Shamus Culhane were among the series' lead animators/directors, and a number of the shorts were filmed using Iwerks' multiplane camera, which he built himself from the remains of a Chevrolet automobile.

In the 1940s, the ComiColor cartoons received home-movie distribution through Castle Films. Cinecolor produced the 16 mm film prints for Castle Films, with red emulsion on one side and blue emulsion on the other. Later, in the 1970s, Blackhawk Films released these for home use, but this time using conventional Eastmancolor film stock. [1] They are now in the public domain in the United States and are widely available on physical and digital media.

Filmography

No.TitleDirectorRelease dateDistributorFilmOriginal workNotes
1 Jack and the Beanstalk [2] Shamus Culhane, AI Eugster, & Ub Iwerks November 25, 1933 Celebrity Productions
First ComiColor Cartoon
"Jack and the Beanstalk", an English fairy taleDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1945 - 1977.
2The Little Red Hen [2] February 17, 1934"The Little Red Hen", an American fableDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
3 The Brave Tin Soldier [2] April 7, 1934"The Steadfast Tin Soldier", by Hans Christian Andersen, 2 October 1838Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
4 Puss in Boots [2] May 19, 1934"Puss in Boots", an Italian fairy taleDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1969.
5The Queen of Hearts [2] June 22, 1934“The Queen of Hearts”, a english poem and nursery rhymeDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use, Renamed To “Queen Of Hearts”, Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
6 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp [2] Shamus Culhane & Ub Iwerks August 10, 1934"Aladdin", a Middle-Eastern folk taleRenamed To Aladdin’s Lamp By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use, Distributed From 1942 - 1972.
7 The Headless Horseman [2] Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster, & Ub Iwerks September 29, 1934"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", by Washington Irving, 1820Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1948.
8The Valiant Tailor [2] October 27, 1934“The Brave Little Tailor” by the Brothers Grimm, 1812Renamed To “The King’s Tailor” By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use, Distributed From 1942 - 1948.
9 Don Quixote [2] November 24, 1934 Don Quixote , by Miguel de Cervantes, 1605–1615Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1953.
10 Jack Frost [2] December 22, 1934 Jack Frost and Old Man Winter, the latter from ancient Greek mythology and Old World pagan beliefsDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1948.
11 Little Black Sambo [2] February 2, 1935
Pitch Restored
 The Story of Little Black Sambo , a children's book by Helen Bannerman, 1899Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1968. Though, The Color Version Was Discontinued After 1949.
12The Bremen Town Musicians [2] March 2, 1935"Town Musicians of Bremen", a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
13Old Mother Hubbard [2] March 30, 1935"Old Mother Hubbard", an English nursery rhymeDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1968.
14Mary's Little Lamb [2] April 27, 1935“Mary Had a Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale, 1830Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1968
15 Summertime [2] June 15, 1935N/ADistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
16 Sinbad the Sailor [2] July 26, 1935 Sinbad the Sailor, Middle Eastern origin, 8th and 9th centuries A.D.Distributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1977.
17The Three Bears [2] August 30, 1935“Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, an English fairy taleDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
18 Balloon Land [2] Ub Iwerks September 30, 1935N/ARenamed To “The Pincushion Man” By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use, Distributed From 1942 - 1948.
19 Simple Simon [2] November 15, 1935"Simple Simon", an English-language children's songDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1968.
20Humpty Dumpty [2] Al Eugster, Ub Iwerks December 27, 1935“Humpty Dumpty”, an English nursery rhymeDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
21Ali Baba [2] Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster, & Ub Iwerks January 31, 1936“Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, Arabic folk tale
22Tom Thumb [2] Ub Iwerks March 27, 1936“Tom Thumb”, English folkloreDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use Exclusively For The 1948 Season In 16mm B&W Sound Prints Only.
23Dick Whittington's Cat [2] May 29, 1936“Dick Whittington and His Cat”, English folkloreDistributed By Castle Film’s For Home Movie Use From 1942 - 1948.
24Little Boy Blue [2] July 31, 1936
Pitch Restored
“Little Boy Blue”, English nursery rhymeRenamed To “The Big Bad Wolf” By Castle Film’s To Not Confuse Customers With The Terrytoon Cartoon (Which They Also Sold From 1940 - 1942) Titled “Little Boy Blue”. Distributed From 1942 - 1977.
25 Happy Days [2] September 25, 1936
Final ComiColor Cartoon
 Reg'lar Fellers , a newspaper comic strip by Gene Byrnes, 1917

The Comicolor cartoons are public domain due to copyright not being renewed.[ citation needed ]

Home media

All of the ComiColor cartoons are now available in the 2004 Region 2 ComiColor DVD set released by Mk2/Lobster in France. Many are available in Region 1, in particular on the Cartoons That Time Forgot series.

Steve Stanchfield of Thunderbean plans on releasing the restored versions of the shorts across two Blu-ray sets called ComiColor Cartoons Collection V.1 & 2. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Little Boy Blue: Using a Cinecolor Print for Color Reference |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Leonard Maltin, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons , Penguin Books, 1987)
  3. ↑ ""Jack Frost" (1934) from the Original Camera Negs |".

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