Images from rare 28mm prints

[Tommy Stathes]

Hi All,

I've posted some images from two rare 1910s Bobby Bumps cartoons, produced by the Bray Studios.
These two films were recently transferred to video and you can see a bit of what the results look like.

Enjoy!

http://cartoonsonfilm.blogspot.com/2011 ... sfers.html" target="_blank

[Shorty]

True Historian, you are

[pookybear]

Tom,

The images look great, well worth the money and effort.

Stefan

[gjohnson]

I never realized 28mm was introduced so early in our film history. By 1912 and some far-sighted folks were already looking at the possibilities of a home movie market. I always assumed that area developed later in the 1920's.

Tom, when you write about "a hoard of 28mm films were found and sold on the public market last year", am I to assume that you and a squadron of like-minded silent toon fanatics swooped in and bought as much as possible?

[silentfilm]

Excellent work, Thomas!

[Tommy Stathes]

Thanks, all.

Gary: That's more or less correct. I, with the help of a close friend and film historian colleague, purchased all the animation in the collection. There were about 200 or more reels in the entire collection; about 40 of which were animation. It cost an arm and a leg!