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Aesop’s Fables
The 1920s, Volume 1
(1915-1928)
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Contents: Charlie in Cuckoo Land (1915), Charlie in Carmen (1916), The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper (1921), The Fable of the Fox and Crow (1921), Mice in Council (1921), The Spendthrift (1922), Do Women Pay? (1923), The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast (1923), The Pearl Divers (1923), Herman the Great Mouse (1924), Hungry Hounds (1925), The Ugly Duckling (1925), Wine, Women and Song (1925), Her Ben (1926), Anti-Fat (1927), Hard Cider (1927), Small Town Sheriff (1927), Subway Sally (1927), When the Snow Flies (1927), Dinner Time (1928), Jungle Days (1928) and The Spider’s Lair (1928).
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 Cartoon Logic
2025 Blu-ray Disc edition
Aesop’s Fables: The 1920s, Volume 1 (1915-1928), black & white, 122 minutes total, not rated, including Charlie in Cuckoo Land (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Charlie in Carmen (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of the Fox and Crow (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Mice in Council (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Spendthrift (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Do Women Pay? (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Pearl Divers (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Herman the Great Mouse (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Hungry Hounds (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Ugly Duckling (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Wine, Women and Song (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Her Ben (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Anti-Fat (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Hard Cider (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Small Town Sheriff (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Subway Sally (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, When the Snow Flies (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Dinner Time (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Jungle Days (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Spider’s Lair (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
ClassicFlix, CL0001, UPC 8-50049-73225-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 and 1.37:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.99.
Release date: 4 November 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from a variety of 35mm and 16mm reduction prints held by Blackhawk Films.
Anti-Fat (1926) has been mastered from a 16mm sound rerelease reduction negative.
Dinner Time (1928) has been mastered from a 16mm reduction negative and a 16mm duplicate reduction positive.
Do Women Pay? (1923) has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate positive, a 16mm sound rerelease reduction positive and a 16mm reduction positive.
The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast (1923) has been mastered from a 16mm reduction positive.
The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper (1921) has been mastered from a 16mm Kodascope reduction positive.
The Fable of the Fox and Crow (1921) has been mastered from a 16mm Kodascope reduction positive.
Hard Cider (1927) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
Her Ben (1926) has been mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative and a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
Herman the Great Mouse (1924) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
Hungry Hounds (1925) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
Jungle Days (1928) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive and a 16mm Kodascope reduction positive.
Mice in Council (1921) has been mastered from a 16mm sound rerelease reduction negative and a 16mm reduction positive.
The Pearl Divers (1923) has been mastered from a 16mm sound rerelease reduction negative and a 16mm reduction positive.
Small Town Sheriff (1927) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive and a 16mm Kodascope reduction positive.
The Spendthrift (1922) has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate psoitive and a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
The Spider’s Lair (1928) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive and a 16mm Kodascope reduction positive.
Subway Sally (1927) has been mastered from a 35mm nitrate positive.
The Ugly Duckling (1925) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
When the Snow Flies (1927) has been mastered from a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
Wine, Women and Song (1925) has been mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative and a 35mm fine-grain duplicate positive.
The films are likely to be accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings and/or from synchronized film soundtracks.
Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins; an alternate version of Dinner Time (1928); two Charles Chaplin cartoons by John C. Terry: Charlie in Cuckoo Land (1915) and Charlie in Carmen (1916).
Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of these films.
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This Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc edition is available from
CLASSIC FLIX through . . .
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 Cartoon Logic
2025 DVD edition
Aesop’s Fables: The 1920s, Volume 1 (1915-1928), black & white, 122 minutes total, not rated, including Charlie in Cuckoo Land (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Charlie in Carmen (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of the Fox and Crow (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Mice in Council (1921), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Spendthrift (1922), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Do Women Pay? (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Pearl Divers (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Herman the Great Mouse (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Hungry Hounds (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Ugly Duckling (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Wine, Women and Song (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Her Ben (1926), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Anti-Fat (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Hard Cider (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Small Town Sheriff (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Subway Sally (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, When the Snow Flies (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Dinner Time (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Jungle Days (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Spider’s Lair (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
ClassicFlix, unknown catalog number, UPC 8-50049-73224-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 and 1.37:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 4 November 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a variety of 35mm 35mm and 16mm reduction prints held by Blackhawk Films. For an indication of visual quality, see the review of the Blu-ray Disc edition noted above.
The films are likely to be accompanied by soundtracks compiled from preexisting music recordings and/or from synchronized film soundtracks.
Supplemental material includes audio commentaries by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins; an alternate version of Dinner Time (1928); two Charles Chaplin cartoons by John C. Terry: Charlie in Cuckoo Land (1915) and Charlie in Carmen (1916).
Sight unseen, this is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available from
CLASSIC FLIX through . . .
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