Robert Israel scoring 'Out of the Inkwell' shorts for Cartoons On Film (November, 2023)

For over a decade, the Cartoons On Film crew has enjoyed a fruitful working relationship with world renowned silent film accompanist, Robert Israel. Our custom-commissioned scores by Robert have appeared in some of our past Cartoon roots collections, as well as a number of programs we've produced for Turner Classic Movies.

Here, Robert is leading some of his musical colleagues in Prague through a recording session for three Out of the Inkwell shorts, dating from 1919 through 1922. The newly restored and scored versions of these films will appear in our upcoming Cartoon Roots: Back to the Inkwell home video collection. That Blu-ray/DVD combo will debut sometime in 2024. Stay tuned!

For nearly 20 years, the Cartoons On Film team has been locating and reuniting rare 16mm and 35mm prints of silent era cartoons, and we've also been collecting hi res scans of prints in other collections. Subsequently, Cartoons On Film's long term plan is to release new restorations of all the surviving silent era Fleischer animated films.

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