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Cartoon Roots
Halloween Haunts
(1907-1936)

 

Contents: The Haunted Hotel (1907), [The Pumpkin Race] (1907), The Ouija Board (1920), Ko-Ko Sees Spooks (1925), Just Spooks (1925), Alice’s Mysterious Mystery (1926), Pete’s Haunted House (1926), Slick Sleuths (1926), The Fresh Lobster (1928), Sure-Locked Homes (1928), The Witch’s Cat (1929), The Haunted Ship (1930), Skulls and Sculls (1930), Wot a Night (1931), and Bold King Cole (1936).

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2017 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition

Cartoon Roots: Halloween Haunts (1907-1936), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 100 minutes total, not rated, including The Haunted Hotel (1907), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, [The Pumpkin Race] (1907), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Ouija Board (1920), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Ko-Ko Sees Spooks (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Just Spooks (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Alice’s Mysterious Mystery (1926), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Pete’s Haunted House (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Slick Sleuths (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fresh Lobster (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sure-Locked Homes (1928), color-tinted black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Witch’s Cat (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Haunted Ship (1930), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Skulls and Sculls (1930), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Wot a Night (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Bold King Cole (1936), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Cartoons on Film, no catalog number, UPC 6-57472-84204-3
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive? scan MPEG-4 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; one single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc BD keepcase; $18.95.
Release date: 1 January 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This dual-format Blu-ray Disc / DVD collection has been mastered from a series of good to very-good 16mm reduction prints, with additional source material provided by the Library of Congress.

The films are accompanied by fine music scores composed and performed by Robert Israel and Charlie Judkins, and by the original synchronized soundtracks for the sound era films and post-synchronized films.

The discs' supplemental material includes a gallery of contemporary promotional materials and reviews, and an eight-page booklet with notes on the films.

 
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