Gabby

Rating:
Summary: Rare stuff; acceptable quality
Review: ten rare vintage Fleischer cartoons are presented - only five feature Gabby, the character from Gulliver's Travels (1939). These came from 16mm prints which are generally in top shape with minimal splices, lines and dirt. Color and sharpness are pretty good. One or two cartoons have the UM&M TV reissue titles, while the other "original" titles have been letterboxed to obliterate the names Paramount and Technicolor (as they weren't involved in the reissuing of the 16mm prints). Goodtimes has several Fleischer / Famous Studios cartoon collections out. The header on the boxes announces that the subjects have been digitally remastered (can't make a DVD any other way, fellahs). The sound effects on some of the cartoons have been enhanced, but the crispy new effects are jarring and out of place against the rest of the vintage audio on the sound tracks. Not so bad here, but over done on the Goodtimes Gulliver's Travels. Get the Winstar Gulliver instead.