Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies · Carlson Fable Collection

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Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies

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2006 Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies . The Historical Musical Animated Classics. 2 dvd set. Introduced by Leonard Maltin. Unknown source.

As the promotion says, "This second volume of the revolutionary series boasts some of Disney's rarest cartoons, including over a dozen never before released on DVD or video." Among the first disc's highlights is the never-before-released "Hell's Bells." The advertising seems to claim that "Mother Goose Goes Hollywood" in its original unedited form is also here, but I could not find it on either disc. Maltin and others highlight the stereotypes that we would find offensive today but were standard stuff in the 30's. I enjoyed "Hell's Bells" and "Broken Toys."

On Disc 2 of this second set, there are ten more cartoons. The abundant commentary highlights the development that occurred over the history of these cartoons. From the beginning, Disney's genius included the ability to break up bodies and machines and then reconstitute them. "Cock of the Walk" here repeats a fable theme: the loser becomes the winner, here when a star-struck chicken finds a picture of the "winner's" children. As I researched both pairs of Disney dvds, I discovered how expensive they are, roughly $130 and $200. I did not know what I had!