The set will remain a BDR rather than replicated, with our hopes being that at some point all these films will be available from their negatives and master positives where they exist. Usually the special sets are just good scans of cartoons, without any additional work put into them, but as we started to get then all together it became pretty clear that it was a really good looking set-so it was worth taking some of the best material (including 35mm prints) and spiffing them up with some cleanup. The final set has 18 cartoons from the series, mostly from the later half of the series, but it also includes a handful of earlier shorts. Originally, this set started as one of the ‘special’ sort of unofficial sets we do, with the idea being to gather good prints of a lot of the Betty Boop cartoons that were not included on Olive films’ four Blu-ray compilations. ![]() We also announced another special disc, “the Forgotten 60s” available for pre-order at the Thunderbean Shop.įor this week’s subject, I’m happy to say that the The Other Betty Boop set is finally done and shipping starting tomorrow. Our big goal is to have Flip the Frog finally out within the next month or so too-with more projects coming into the mix too. ![]() Three other special sets are getting finished this week – and Aesop’s Fables, Volume 1 should be back from replication at this time next week. I saw the results today and am amazed at how beautiful it and other films for the set are looking. Becky Grauman did a fantastic job cleaning up some of the materials last week, including Dolly Daisy (1930). ![]() We’ve spent the last three days smashing together material for the Stop Motion Marvels, Volume 1 Blu-ray upgrade- and with that work we turned some big corners- bringing that project much closer to completion.
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