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Movie and TV Ads

 

1928?  "Aesop's Film Fables, Sound and Silent!!"  Framed advertisement.  Image 7" x 9".  Overall 10" x 12".  Unknown source.

Well, the characters are certainly active!  I am surprised that a quick search on Google did not yield other copies of this advertisement.  

 

 

1922/80? "Love at First Sight" movie poster. "Fables Pictures, Inc., presents Aesop's Film Fables. Cartoonist: Paul Terry. Pathé Distributors." The original of this poster was released on 4/11/22. Matted and framed. $11.90 from Bob McDaniel, Lima, NY, through Ebay, May, '99.

A cat with roller skates and a sombrero serenades a lovely female cat on a balcony. What might this scene have to do with Aesop? I think I can discern a signature of "Morgan" from Cleveland in the lower right of the lithograph; I presume Morgan was the printer of the poster.

 

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1922/80? "The Dissatisfied Cobbler" movie poster. "Fables Pictures, Inc., presents Aesop's Film Fables. Cartoonist: Paul Terry. Pathé Distributors." The original of this poster was released on 2/8/22. Matted and framed. $7.95 from Bob McDaniel, Lima, NY, through Ebay, May, '99.

Cat on treadwheel chases mouse on treadwheel, and that power's a dog-cobbler's rotary machine for working on shoes. Signs on the shop wall say "Shoes left over 10 days belong to me" and "Save your soles -- Walk on your hands." What might this scene have to do with Aesop? There is a signature of "Morgan" in the lower right of the lithograph, though I cannot discern the rest of the logo; I presume Morgan was the printer of the poster.

 

1960? Aesop & Son wall plaque. 8" x 11" sheer plastic. $9.99 from Bob and Janice Johnson, Scottsdale, AZ, through Ebay, May, '01.

I have enjoyed the "Aesop and Son" cartoons.  I would never have expected to find an item like this.  Click on the image to see an enlarged version.

1980? Advertisement for “Fablio: Le Magicien de Tovenaar.”  Un grand dessin animé, en couleurs, d’après les fables de La Fontaine.  (Images) d’après Ludo.  CineVog Films.  Illustration 12.8” x 17.9”.  Page 14.5” x 21.5”.  Printed in Belgium  Brussels: Edicolor.  Unknown source. 

“Fablio the Magician, the Wizard.”  We have 19 books of Fablio, in French, English, German, and Spanish.  Now here is a poster in Dutch!  The film advertised here seems to bring together more fables than the books, which each develop one fable of La Fontaine.  It is fun to notice and identify the various animals presented here, with Fablio at their center.  Most of the books claim “Ludo” as their illustrator, while some speak of working from a film by Georges de la Grandière.   

 

 

2000? Croatian advertising poster for “French-Hungary Color Cartoon Film: La Fontaine’s Fables.”  Georges de la Grandiere and Attila Dargay.  Croatia Film.  19.5” x 27”.  Printed by Kjesnik Marketing Agency. 

What a lively advertisement!  Here we have another example of how fables get around.  France – Hungary – Croatia.  The poster makes me want to see the film!