Peace On Earth (1939)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OYvHPpGDY

 

[Edward]

It's never Christmas til I've seen that one. Wish I could find it on DVD.

 

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Merry Christmas to all...........
Here's the remake from 1955:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qzqSwB68Tc&feature=related

 

[Wally_Hood]

the opening looks like 9.

 

[Widebrim]

Wow, I had never seen or heard of either! Thanks, flat-top.

 

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Goodwill to men...

 

[Doctor Strange]

I've owned a gorgeous 16mm print of "Peace On Earth" for over thirty years. Hugh Harmon's masterpiece!

 

[LizzieMaine]

And to think he's the same guy who gave the world Bosko.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Yeah, it's remarkable that he could come up with a gem like "Peace On Earth" after his relatively undistinguished directing stints at Warners, then M-G-M. (At least many of those M-G-M cartoons were beautifully animated - they were right behind Disney in quality during the 30s - even if they didn't leave much of an impression.)

M-G-M animation didn't really take off until a couple of years later, when Tex Avery arrived and Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera took over Harmon's old unit for their Tom and Jerry shorts. The competition between Avery's unit and Hanna/Barbera's led to some all-time great cartoons!

 

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Here's a new link to the 1955 remake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRkJBHpQ-I&feature=related

 

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This deserves a bump........

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

[video=youtube_share;J8OYvHPpGDY]http://youtu.be/J8OYvHPpGDY[/video]
[video=youtube_share;LBRkJBHpQ-I]http://youtu.be/LBRkJBHpQ-I[/video]

 

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This needs a bump!