Wolfgang Schibel. Illustrations from Ulm, Sebastian Brand, and J.-B. Oudry. CD-ROM. Made in Mannheim. Mannheim: MATEO (Mannheimer Texte Online). Manufactured by Cyperfection GmbH.
2003? Felix the Cat in "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" on DVD Video Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome and Nancy Drew...Reporter. The Felix the Cat cartoon is copyrighted 1936 by the Van Beuren Corporation.
There is not much reference to the fable in this pleasant cartoon. Felix has Goldie churning out golden eggs, from which he makes coins that he gives out to people. Captain Kidd steals Goldie and takes her to sea. Felix shoots himself onto the captain's ship and rescues here. In the last scene, he uses canons to fire coins to the townspeople. Good fun.
1907? Two cards out of an apparent series of five or six produced by Royer of Nancy. Cards #1 and #3 of the fables "Deux Coqs." Card #3 has a time stamp of January 17, 1907. $10 each from Bertrand Cocq, Sept., '20.
In Card #1, two men live in peace. By Card #3, they are distracted from their friendship by a woman. "And voila! War is enflamed!" I will include a photo from the web with the others of the series that I will be looking for.
1905? "Deux Coqs." Set of 10 photographic postcards by Charles Collas & Companie, Cognac, whose trademark is a clover with four C's. $100 for the set from Bertrand Cocq, Calonne-Ricouart, France, Sept., '20.
Arlequin and Pierrot do fine until Columbine enters the picture. The ten photographs spell out the drama to its sad end. A little research led me to Charles Collas & Company of Cognac, strong early promoters of the postcard. The company had three booths at the great Paris fair of the postcard in 1904. This set is unusual in miy experience for having ten cards. I am as excited as Bertrand that he was able to find – or build -- a complete set. After the first card, the text and story depart from La Fontaine's fable. I cannot say that I follow this version's twists and turns to its sad end.
