Felix the Cat: Early Cartoon Classics (1922-1930)

I love Felix the cat very much ever since I was a little kid in the 90s! and I especially love the silent films of Felix! This is a great DVD that has Felix films not found anywhere! some Of these Felix films I couldn’t find on YouTube! So this is real bargain! Why you should watch Felix well Felix the cat is part of our history of cartoons! As of right now Felix is a 102 years old and in November 9th Felix will be 103, Felix was made year 1919. That makes Felix even older then Superman, Popeye, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Betty Boop, Batman, Mickey. But I’d admit there are older cartoons and comics like Little Nemo in Slumberland, Koko the clown, Krazy Kat, and pauvre pierrot (1892) - world's 1st glass animated cartoon - emile reynaud. But Felix paved way for many animators and was innovated of its time. And literally Felix became the first cartoon star! Felix also has newspaper comics that have never all been republished and lost films so yes there is no chance anyone can ever watch all the Felix silent films because most are lost forever! And because Felix is not considered a National treasure these silent films cartoons and comics will be most likely gone forever if we don’t do something! Felix is part of our History that we should not Forget! And I love Silent Film 1920s Felix more then his redesign version made by Joe Oriolo in the 60s. Felix in the silent films don’t need a magic Bag! Silent film Felix just needs his detachable tail and his way to Defy the laws of physics! :D oh yess only problem with the DVD is I have a hard time getting to main menu when I’m looking at the special features. But other than that I love this DVD! I’m so happy I’ve been wanting this since I was a child!

If you are into old, vintage cartoons, this is the DVD you'll want to add to your collection. Classic Felix the Cat is the best

Really enjoy these early cartoons. I've turned them on when young children are visiting and they alwaysget very quite as they watch. No fussing', no squabbling', just a strange sense of fascination.Timeless I guess.

Created in 1919 at the Pat Sullivan animation studio (though actual credit is usually given to Otto Messmer) Felix was initially a rascally stray generally involved in promoting a meal for himself, as often as not by sneaky means. One short presented here (of the hundreds produced) has him trade babysitting chores for a meal but he was rarely so aboveboard. Aiding him in his schemes is his magical tail, which he could detatch and transform into anything he liked; in one toon collected here he transforms it into a lasso that takes on the shape of a horse and then becomes said equine – yes, there’s a high dose of the surreal here. Like Chaplin his name on the theater marquee was enough to bring in patrons (Sullivan had earlier done a series of Chaplin cartoons and certain aspects of the Little Tramp’s personality made their way into Felix). His popularity was such that his likeness was reproduced on hundreds of products from plush toys to that well-known wall clock in what may have been the first example of mass marketing tied in to a movie character; Walt Disney would later take a cue and now it’s nigh impossible to find a film or TV series that doesn’t have some sort of product tie-in. Felix’s popularity waned with the arrival of sound; Sullivan resisted doing Felix talkies initially, which lessened the cartoons’ appeal; when he finally did make he transition the cartoons were not popular. A mid-1930s attempt to resurrect the character went nowhere (though a comic strip continued well into the 40s) but an early 1950s syndicated batch of shorts – where a bag of tricks that could transform into anything the feline wished replaced the magical tail – was produced with some success (260 shorts were produced). It is likely boomers know the character from these adventures that pitted Felix against a mad doctor type and others desirious of obtaining the magic satchel. Felix was made more warm and fuzzy; only his likeness is similar to the cunning stray personality evinced here. While the Sullivan era shorts are smoothly animated everything is a simple line drawing (with some gray shading) and the silent film approach of everything seen in long shot is taken; close-ups are rare. There is a certain charm lent by the technique and the films are fun – I particularly liked the one where the town cats go on strike – but be aware several contain offensive racial stereotypes common to films of that era.

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