Felix the Cat

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Summary: A Welcome Addition to the Classic Felix Library
Review: Delta Entertainment's Felix collection is titled "The World's Most Wonderful Cat". It consists of eight silent, black-and-white cartoons created by Otto Messmer for the Pat Sullivan studio between 1923 and 1925, and two sound/color cartoons directed by Burt Gillett in 1936. They are all Felix classics and most of them are not available on other DVD collections.
The quality of prints used for the Delta collection varies greatly. "Felix Goes West" is remarkably good, "Felix Gets the Can" is acceptable, and "Felix Monkeys with Magic" is barely viewable. The Gillett-directed cartoons are available, in better condidion, on the GoodTimes collection.
The music selected to accompany seven of the silent classics sets a good Roaring-Twenties atmosphere but often does not match the action on the screen. "Felix All Puzzled" has a post-production music track which does not work any better and has deteriorated in sound quality with the passage of time. Original music, written to fit each cartoon, would have been more effective.
One cartoon, mistakenly titled "A Felix Comic", is actually "Eats are West" from 1925. The words "A Felix Comic" frequently appeared on closing title cards from the silent era.
Shortcomings notwithstanding, this is a good collection of classic Felix and comes at a good price. Buy it and see for yourself why Felix really is THE WORLD'S MOST WONDERFUL CAT!

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Summary: Only for Extreme Felix Historians Only
Review: This DVD has attractive packaging, well designed menus and good background on the animations....BUT viewing the shorts is difficult. They are mostly grainy, dark in contrast, and some are so damaged they are painful to watch. There has been no attempt to restore these films on any level and the prints are as rough as I have seen in ANY silent era film on DVD currently available. The music score makes no attempt to compliment the action, but it's just honkytonk piano playing random songs in the background. I give this DVD 1 star for content and historic value, but for viewing enjoyment, its a dud.

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Summary: Good Felix the Cat Primer
Review: This DVD is a good introduction to Felix the Cat, a cartoon character that has been around in one form or another since the 20s. The first 8 or so cartoons on this DVD are in black and white and are amongst the earliest Felix the Cat cartoons made, meaning they are silent and black and white. The later cartoons are color. All are public domain.