Chuck Jones' Angel Puss (Patreon)

We're running a bit behind - we only recorded the 1938 Spinach Skrewtny today, but I can tell you all are a patient lot and know hearing our insights is always worth the wait. We really appreciate it!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kMdFr1kVtMPwTu0QUwVXmshobwEYhKlU/view?usp=sharing

So here's a completely unrelated Halloween horror... an HD transfer of a very rare title in my collection: Chuck Jones' Angel Puss. No restoration, and a nasty jump splice, but I'm well aware this is one of the few prints with any color circulating in private hands.

It's a shame that it's such a hateful cartoon, because as this transfer reveals the posing and color design is nothing short of excellent (when Jones was coming into his own as a filmmaker, but clearly this liberal artist was wholly uncomfortable with the cruel story he was stuck with). A fun fact: this cartoon was protested by the NAACP during its original release. The gist of Warner Bros. response was: "That was Leon Schlesinger's fault, who no longer makes these."

Hope to have some more tricks or treats for you this coming week, when the real horror begins...

-Thad