tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post9043847129679704450..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Bill Hanna's Christmas MouseYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-75580794420224785422023-12-24T05:25:52.392-08:002023-12-24T05:25:52.392-08:00Charles, thanks for posting this history about CM....Charles, thanks for posting this history about CM. The film you posted is the first time I've seen the actual colors of the film strip. Our version is faded terribly and it's pinkish mostly.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173972335240599390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-43785358551392430972023-12-22T13:31:06.359-08:002023-12-22T13:31:06.359-08:00Kenneth Suit's book, "James Friedrich and...Kenneth Suit's book, "James Friedrich and Cathedral Films: The Independent Religious Cinema of the Evangelist of Hollywood, 1939-1966", provides some info on the film strip:<br /><br />"In Friedrich's 'other' occupation as an Episcopal priest, he was not the Assistant Rector at the St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Studio City, California. One of the members at the church was Bill Hanna, of Hanna and Barbera animation fame, then basking in the glory of his fifth Academy Award for a Tom and Jerry cartoon. As a personal favor for his pastor, Hanna created a Christmas cartoon filmstrip for Fredrich called Christopher Mouse in 1949 that proved to be quite popular."<br /><br />In 1963 "Christopher Mouse" and another filmstrip, "When the Littlest Camel Knelt", was converted to motion picture film on 16mm by photographing the drawings and adding camera moves and animation effects (courtesy of a company called Technamation), using the same soundtrack as the filmstrip . Bill Hanna wasn't pleased about that:<br /><br />“Evidently Hanna felt that reissuing his filmstrip as a motion picture was a violation of copyright and so in 1968, two years after Friedrich’s death, both the film and the filmstrip became the subject of a lawsuit by Hanna and St. Michael and All Angels Church against Cathedral Films. Hanna and the church claimed sole ownership of Christopher Mouse and that Cathedral and not paid complete royalties on the material. Cathedral countered that the ownership of the film had never been firmly established and that they owned no money to Hanna or the church. The suit was settled by compromise in 1969 when it was agreed that the church own the film, and that Cathedral would backpay royalties for the previous two years.”<br /><br />Steve Stanchfield found the 16mm version and transferred it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RVAnW20F5oCharles Brubakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-67378508849994967042023-09-26T19:24:42.523-07:002023-09-26T19:24:42.523-07:00I have the filmstrip from Sunday school days as my...I have the filmstrip from Sunday school days as my Dad used it each Christmas at home and at Sunday School. Our family loved watching it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-63141224012248486382023-04-06T12:13:48.145-07:002023-04-06T12:13:48.145-07:00So, here's a digital version of Christopher Mo...So, here's a digital version of Christopher Mouse. The source had faded terribly. Still looking for a cleaner version. Blessings. https://youtu.be/CkjXjpnLPTkRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173972335240599390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-31316564374641415002023-04-06T12:08:30.110-07:002023-04-06T12:08:30.110-07:00Karla, did you find the set at your church?Karla, did you find the set at your church?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-29542059396336764982023-01-24T15:12:29.273-08:002023-01-24T15:12:29.273-08:00Karla, Love to know if you do have a non-faded set...Karla, Love to know if you do have a non-faded set. RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-32623163663257981362023-01-19T17:27:34.278-08:002023-01-19T17:27:34.278-08:00My church has the set in the box. Gonna check on i...My church has the set in the box. Gonna check on it tomorrow. I think there is another title also.Karlanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-20908982864895118372022-11-11T06:19:59.012-08:002022-11-11T06:19:59.012-08:00I'm digitising some film strips and collating ...I'm digitising some film strips and collating info on the publishers. Mainly UK based. But Cathedral Films Inc appear to have been affiliated with Dawn Trust Film Strips of Aylesbury, UK. Run by the Rev Brian Hession - more info here: https://vintageminicinefilm.blogspot.com/sgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655442815196758249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-31037213321032429922022-01-24T05:52:55.886-08:002022-01-24T05:52:55.886-08:00Unknown, Do you have the Christopher Mouse Film St...Unknown, Do you have the Christopher Mouse Film Strip?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748822632357938542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-36249901908237245822022-01-20T10:57:34.411-08:002022-01-20T10:57:34.411-08:00Afraid not, unk. Afraid not, unk. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59541639981789917042022-01-20T08:32:06.791-08:002022-01-20T08:32:06.791-08:00I have the entire filmstrip in a tin canister. I b...I have the entire filmstrip in a tin canister. I bought it at a yard sale. I have never watched it. This post is all the info I have ever found about it. Any idea of its worth?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00950091244925268293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-42473129867088924832019-04-01T14:12:29.363-07:002019-04-01T14:12:29.363-07:00I own a faded version of Christopher Mouse. Any id...I own a faded version of Christopher Mouse. Any idea where I could get a version in better shape? RobertRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08173972335240599390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47043619873559672302016-12-11T12:19:41.481-08:002016-12-11T12:19:41.481-08:00How did I miss this article last year?!?!? This i...How did I miss this article last year?!?!? This is the missing puzzle piece I've been looking for all along! THANK YOU!!! This ties up the entire connection between "Peace On Earth" and "Good Will To Men" just as tidy as can be expected when dealing with animation from this era! I am forever in your debt!Captain Slinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181422152677854672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-15219128580221029102015-12-25T00:58:43.802-08:002015-12-25T00:58:43.802-08:00Sergio, yes, rnigma has it right. This was not a c...Sergio, yes, rnigma has it right. This was not a cartoon. It was a filmstrip. The two frames I've posted are the only ones I've found on line.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-53309527670023046402015-12-24T11:08:14.952-08:002015-12-24T11:08:14.952-08:00Oh... I see. Well, that answers my questions, then...Oh... I see. Well, that answers my questions, then. Of course, upon rereading Yowp's post, it is clear this was not an animated cartoon. I guess the first time I read it I didn't do so as carefully as I should have, and, not being familiar with filmstrips, didn't pick up on the distinction. Thanks for the clarification. Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-87920400713986060432015-12-24T09:54:28.406-08:002015-12-24T09:54:28.406-08:00It's not a film, but a filmstrip - more like a...It's not a film, but a filmstrip - more like a slide show than a movie, with individual frames shown one at a time, used mainly in schools and churches.rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-89343466927993902312015-12-23T07:07:07.255-08:002015-12-23T07:07:07.255-08:00Wow... That's the first picture of Bill Hanna ...Wow... That's the first picture of Bill Hanna in which he doesn't have white hair that I've ever seen! I had no idea about his Cathedral Films short. Is there any chance any watchable copies of this film survive? I would love to see it. Where did you get the screenshots? <br /><br />Merry Christmas, Yowp.Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-11212893997767402762015-12-22T14:54:23.125-08:002015-12-22T14:54:23.125-08:00While the classic film strips were a big part of m...While the classic film strips were a big part of my life in public school, I never saw the Cathedral Films series in Sunday School. I do remember seeing the H-B " Greatest Adventures " series at a church I attended a few years back. Vincent Price, James Whitmore, James Earl Jones and others.......quite a roster.Errolnoreply@blogger.com