Early unmade version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Paul Reubens, Darrell Van Citters, Disney 1983] The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-17 | Before Richard Williams directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there was an earlier attempt at Disney, from 1981 to 1983, to adapt Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.”John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of the unmade Darrell Van Citters version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1983. With animator Mike Giamo and producer Marc Sturdivant.Disney 1981-1983. Animators: Chris Buck, Randy Cartwright. Character design and concepts: Mike Giamo, Mike Gabriel. Paul Reubens, known as Pee Wee Herman, plays Roger Rabbit. Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as Eddie Valiant. Russi Taylor as Jessica. Jack Angel as Captain Cleaver. Screenwriters Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price. Producer Mark Sturdivant.While Roger was a villain in the book, trying to solve his own murder, this Roger is a loveable goofball in white fur and red overalls - a prototype for the final film. Baby Herman is glimpsed only briefly, and Jessica Rabbit appears to be the villain of the piece. Still, this version clearly laid some groundwork for the Zemeckis/Williams production a few years later.The prototype Roger Rabbit appears cheering in the stands in the featurette “Sport Goofy in Soccermania.”More information and pictures:http://orangecow.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3&p=5248#p5248
The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 5 WIP 06/20/23 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2023-06-21 | The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 5Work in Progress 06/20/23This restoration is still a work in progress. It contains new animation which has not yet been completed, and is "half done" in this preview. At times, there are unfinished edits and smudgy frames."Animation among the most glorious and lively ever created!" - The New York Times"The best and most important 'fan edit' ever made." - Twitch FilmHere is your first sneak preview of a newly re-restored version of this lost animation classic, written and directed by legendary three-time Academy Award winning animator Richard Williams (animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and the author of The Animator's Survival Kit). Nearly 30 years in the making, a labor of love by a team of animation greats, this was to be the masterpiece of Williams’ career, perhaps the most ambitious independent animated film ever conceived. It was taken away from Williams when he couldn’t meet his deadline, recut and destroyed. It has never been seen the way it was intended to be seen until now. 2023 could be considered the 60th anniversary of when production began on the film that would become "The Thief and the Cobbler." 2023 is also the 30th anniversary of when production ended on the film, when a reedited version called "The Princess and the Cobbler" had a very small release in some countries. 2023 is also the 10th anniversary of "The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 4," a restoration by filmmaker Garrett Gilchrist which intended to restore the film to its original intended form, as much as possible. This is also, approximately, the 25th anniversary of Gilchrist's first experiments with restoring this film.So we thought it would be a good idea to go back and restore the film further, and see what could be done with it. We still do not have access to a high quality HD copy of any version of the film (such as the released version "Arabian Knight" or Williams' workprint "A Moment In Time"). We do have some 35mm workprint scenes, which we transferred in HD for this project, and which make up over 30 minutes of the film. Some scenes were also upscaled and rebuilt in HD, and all scenes were cleaned up and restored frame by frame by Garrett Gilchrist. Any Blu-Ray labels that would like to take on this project with us officially can contact us.I had often said that I wouldn't do a "Mark 5" edit unless an HD version of the film (in any form) was released and could be used for a better quality version. The "Recobbled Cut" project began in 2006 and continued until 2013, originally. That's eight years of work restoring the film (frame by frame in Photoshop) and building up a huge data archive of Richard Williams' work (Available via ocpmovie at archive. org). I wasn't going to return to the project without a very good reason to do so. No new footage has turned up in our hands in the last ten years.But I was approached by animators Dennis Van Hout and Kiko Pablo (The Crow Artist), who had animated a few new shots for the film. It's very difficult, without a budget, to create the sort of high quality animation that this film requires. However, their efforts showed me that it's possible. I had just completed inking a Thief and the Cobbler Coloring Book (available at archive) and felt more confident that I could draw and ink in Richard Williams' style. I chose about twenty shots that seemed possible to animate, and began work in early 2023. You can see a half-finished version of the results in this video. I am still working to bring the results up to standard as much as possible.I also "re-restored" most of the film, rebuilding some shots in HD using cropped DVD sources, recoloring some shots to appear higher quality, removing dirt and damage in Photoshop frame by frame, and doing months of new work to bring the film to life like never before. We were never happy with the HD transfer of scenes of The Thief in the War Machine, which are very red and dark and lack detail. Color correction trickery helped bring out more detail, and dirt and damage was removed by hand in Photoshop over the course of several months.Other HD scenes were also restored by hand. Pencil test scenes are hard to see due to the low quality of the video. I went back to the original source, and cleaned up the scenes very carefully frame by frame to bring out detail that was previously lost. Scenes that previously switched from one source to another have been cleaned up as much as possible so that sources match seamlessly. Some workprint scenes have been recolored by hand to improve their quality.The scenes directed by Fred Calvert were done on the cheap and are not up to the quality standards that Richard Williams intended. In this edit I have reworked the Calvert scenes as much as possible, so that they play more smoothly with additional inbetweening. I removed animation errors and improved scenes with special effects, and rebuit some scenes in HD. This work will continue.
The Thief and the Cobbler Except Were Too Tired to Finish It The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2023-04-22 | The Thief and the Cobbler Except We're Too Tired to Finish ItIt's a lot of work, okay?Storyboards by Richard Williams.
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Call For Artists- The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut 5 (10th Anniversary) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2023-02-03 | Call For Artists- The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut 5 (10th Anniversary)Looking for professional artists.These clips including work by Dennis Van Hout, Kiko Pablo, Garrett Gilchrist, Chris Fern.From the Richard Williams film The Thief and the Cobbler.gilchristgarrett at gmail. comLooking for donations, and additional artists.It's been ten years since I released The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mk4, and about twenty-five years since my first experiments restoring Richard Williams' unfinished film.Two animators - Dennis Van Hout and Kiko Pablo - have produced four new shots for the film, which has convinced me to look into this edit again and do further restoration. I am in the process of making improvements to about twenty minutes of the film.We are hoping to produce a small amount of additional animation independently, and looking for donations, which would go to these new artists (not to myself).(I still do not have an HD copy of any full version of the film. About 30 minutes of the Recobbled is in HD from rare film sources, but we haven't been able to source film prints of Arabian Knight, The Princess and the Cobbler, and Richard Williams' workprint "A Moment In Time" - which is held by the Academy of Motion Picture arts and Sciences.)(I have previously said that a new restoration of the film would be impossible until a complete film source can be acquired. For the moment I've been doing additional animation and restoration using the old SD sources, since no other has turned up.)Shots:Garrett Gilchrist: Tack and Yum Yum from Calvert version. Yum Yum's legs new partial animation. Upscaled, tweened. Nanny/Nurse cut out from other scene, composited.Chris Fern / Garrett Gilchrist: Nanny pokes Brigand in eye. Based loosely on material barely visible in Calvert WIP. Chris Fern animation retouched with additions by Garrett Gilchrist.Kiko Pablo: New animation, Tack and camel.Dennis Van Hout: New animation of hands and stems. Flowers from Arabian Knight and workprint.Dennis Van Hout: New animation, Zigzag and Phido. Based loosely on material barely visible in Calvert WIP. Beginning of scene from Arabian Knight.Richard Williams: Thief in Minaret, damaged film print restored by Garrett GilchristRichard Williams: Thief on tightrope, unfinished city background finalized and added to pan by Garrett Gilchrist
The Thief and the Cobbler Coloring and Activity Book ( Original Art ) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-12-07 | The Thief and the Cobbler Coloring and Activity Book ( Original Art )archive.org/details/thief-and-the-cobbler-coloring-bookShowcasing about 190 pages of material inked by Garrett Gilchrist for this coloring book project.The Thief and the CobblerColoring and Activity BookPromotional Art Inked by Garrett Gilchrist144 pages of artwork and activities based on the Richard Williams animated film.Appropriate for both children and adults. We would love to see your creativity on social media.The Thief and the Cobbler is an unfinished animated film created and directed by three-time Academy Award winning animator Richard Williams (animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol and The Animator's Survival Kit). Nearly 30 years in the making, a labor of love by a team of animation greats, this was to be the masterpiece of Williams’ career, perhaps the most ambitious independent animated film ever conceived. After over two decades of work, the film was taken away from Williams when he couldn’t meet his deadline. It was given to another director, recut and destroyed.In 2006, filmmaker and artist Garrett Gilchrist began an unofficial restoration of the film as the Recobbled Cut. The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut Mk4 was released in 2013 to widespread acclaim.Garrett Gilchrist inked over 190 pages of material for this coloring book, a large undertaking. In nearly all cases, the goal was to reproduce a surviving piece of artwork from the film as accurately as possible, and in high quality.
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Raggedy Land with Ann and Andy (Nintendo NES / Famicom) Donald Land (played by NintendoDuo) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-07-21 | Raggedy Land with Ann and Andy(Nintendo NES / Famicom)(played by NintendoDuo)A charming new hack by TygerbugGarrett and Brooklyn Williams that removes the foul clown Ronald McDonald and his filthy McDonald's lackeys from Donald Land (Famicom, 1988) and replaces them with Raggedy Ann and her friends. Enemies are changed/improved too (although the biggest enemy in this game is actually the controls). Get the patch here: romhacking.net/hacks/697500:00 Intro01:18 Home Town World03:44 Lake Side World06:32 Forest World10:48 Sky World15:13 Oasis World18:10 Cave World23:24 Pond World27:04 Harbor World29:35 Ocean World37:39 Ghost Town World41:29 Dark Forest World43:25 Castle World55:00 EndingPlayed on MiSTer FPGA, NES coresource:youtube.com/watch?v=u3_ZY1uhMsoReposted with permission.
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The Thief and the Cobbler (SMB2 NES /Famicom video game) Longplay by VideoGaming4U The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-05-29 | The Thief and the Cobbler (SMB2 NES /Famicom video game ROMhack)Longplay by VideoGaming4UROMHack by Garrett Gilchristromhacking.net/hacks/6839This is a game tribute to the unfinished cult animated film The Thief and the Cobbler, which was written and directed by three-time Academy Award winning animator Richard Williams (animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, author of The Animator’s Survival Kit).You can play as four characters- the nameless Thief, Tack the Cobbler, Chief Roofless of the forty Brigands, and Princess Yum Yum. Enemies include the evil Grand Vizier, Zig Zag, and his henchmen Goblet, Gopher, Tickle and Slap. You’ll also meet the mad and holy old Witch of the desert mountain, who will both help and harm you. You’ll have to deal with lots of annoying animals, plus the vulture Phido and the deadly doggie Kuriboss.It’s a side-scrolling adventure through seven worlds to retrieve the legendary golden balls, defeat the evil warlord One Eye, and save the Golden City!Most of the graphics have been tweaked or replaced, and the levels have also been changed slightly.The hack itself is by the film restorationist behind The Thief and the Cobbler: Recobbled Cut. The film was thirty years in the making. The hack was not.Source, used with permissionyoutube.com/watch?v=92kMwK6vhvs
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Q&A with the Raggedy Ann Revival Effort (RARE) Rag Dolly Broadway Musical The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-03-04 | A discussion with the Raggedy Ann Revival Effort (RARE), a group and fandom who are trying to revive Joe Raposo and William Gibson's early 1980s dark fantasy theatrical Broadway musical "Raggedy Ann" aka "Rag Dolly," which used some elements and songs from Richard Williams' 1977 film "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure." Videos of the 1977 film and the 1980s musical are viewable on this channel.Featuring Brooklyn (Finishing the Rat), Gwyn, Ronnie (HelloLadder) and Garrett Gilchrist.patreon.com/GarrettGilchristarchive.org/details/@ocpmoviefacebook.com/groups/619704656106298http://orangecow.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3Raggedy Ann Revival Project socials:twitter.com/RagAnnRevivalraggedyannrevivaleffort.tumblr.comyoutube.com/channel/UC8N6-m4Q7jCGVcefex2pjBwdiscord.gg/PG7YCQ5hA3Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy_Ann_(musical)Lost Media Article: lostmediawiki.com/Raggedy_Ann_(partially_found_script_and_footage_of_Broadway_musical;_1985-1986)Informational Video 1: youtube.com/watch?v=-wq7fEYQez0 Informational Video 2: youtube.com/watch?v=DNwT8HTOnOk USSR Documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=wp9thGwbmiIClip: youtube.com/watch?v=dP2EK3CYJCYFull Review: archive.org/details/raggedyannjeffreylyonsreview_202004Full Show audio bootleg (Broadway): youtube.com/watch?v=eaJnayp3buo&feature=youtu.bePlaybill: playbill.com/production/raggedy-ann-nederlander-theatre-vault-0000002714Article: nysarchivestrust.org/application/files/5615/8507/2604/Archives_Magazine_2020_Spring_featurearticle_w_cover.pdfFull Show (ESIPA): youtube.com/watch?v=nKPIhcrHb9Q&t=5024sRaggedy Ann the Musical only ran on Broadway for five shows, although it was a hit in the USSR and ran for many previews and shows in Albany and DC. With a script by William Gibson of “The Miracle Worker” and score by the legendary Joe Raposo of “Sesame Street,” Raggedy Ann is an exciting and heartfelt dark fantasy adventure that’s sadly been nearly forgotten in Broadway history.RARE's ultimate goal is to restore and revive the Broadway version of Raggedy Ann, by recovering and cleaning up the script, creating instrumentals for the music, and recovering any lost Raggedy Ann the Musical content, so that hopefully they may one day put Raggedy Ann on as a show!
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The Thief enters the War Machine, Restoration Comparison, The Thief and the Cobbler The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-02-06 | patreon.com/GarrettGilchristarchive.org/details/@ocpmovieThe Thief enters the War Machine, Restoration Comparison, The Thief and the CobblerRestoration by Garrett Gilchrist
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 35mm Ultra HD The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-02-01 | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 35mm Ultra HDTransferred from 35mm film in UHD by Helge Bernhardt and restored by Garrett Gilchrist.patreon.com/GarrettGilchristarchive.org/details/@ocpmovieRaggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, a publishing arm of ITT, and released theatrically by 20th Century Fox.Directed by Richard WilliamsProduced by Richard HornerStanley SillsScreenplay by Patricia ThackrayMax WilkBased on Charactersby Johnny GruelleStarring Claire WilliamsDidi ConnMark BakerMusic by Joe RaposoCinematography Dick Mingalone (Live-action)Al Rezek (Animation)Edited by Harry ChangLee KentKen McIlwaineMaxwell SeligmanProductioncompanyThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyRichard Williams ProductionsDistributed by 20th Century FoxApril 1, 1977Running time85 minutesCountry United StatesLanguage EnglishBudget $4 millionBox office $1.35 million (Rentals)Editing notes: The reels were transferred by Helge Bernhardt using a Blackmagic Cintel Gen2. This eliminated most black dirt from the transfer, leaving mainly white emulsion scratches as "snow."Phoenix digital dirt removal processes were then run on the first four minutes of Reel One by Helge Bernhardt, up to and including the opening credits. This was very effective and I hoped we would do more of this, but other projects got in the way.The transfer, as expected, gets dirtier at the beginning and end of reels, and one or two minutes of footage was isolated around reel changes for further work, much of it done by hand in Photoshop by Garrett Gilchrist, including the removal of reel markers, splices, and heavy damage around the actual reel changes.Hundreds of frames were cleaned by hand, with sixteen minutes of the film originally targeted for cleanup, and then the entirety of Reel One and the closing credits for a total of thirty minutes.Automatic work was also done via PFClean. However, PFClean was unable to handle changes on "ones" (including special effects like the flickering when the Captain sings 'You're My Friend'). Phoenix would almost certainly have done a better job with this material. Garrett analyzed the automatic PFClean work frame by frame, to remove sections with faster movement where the line work would be damaged.Garrett then did further work frame by frame in Photoshop, which took several months of by-hand restoration work, and occasionally shot stabilization in After Effects.Reel One was considered the most problematic. We have scanned about four different prints of reel one, and all are dirty and missing some footage. While I was impressed by our "A-Print" Reel One scan, an alternate Reel One scan was also done by Helge, with thanks to someone who does not want to be credited.While the previous scan was darker and bluer, this scan was brighter, more contrasty and more yellow, losing some highlight detail and clarity. It was also a much dirtier scan. FemBoyFilms handled Phoenix digital dirt removal processes on this version of Reel One, in full. The cleaned-up result was good, but since this scan is considered lower quality, it is only used briefly in this edit. It's used for the 20th Century Fox logo (with heavy cleanup by Garrett Gilchrist), briefly as Marcella shakes the snowglobe, and as Marcella closes the roof of her dollhouse. It is also used for color during the live action segments in the first two minutes of the film, for richer yellow and green tones.Sound used here is from the prints as scanned. It is possible that previous scans of this film are superior in that regard, but that's a matter of taste and hard to pin down. (That would include the retail VHS, the KA scan, the PD Rag Doll Blu Ray/35mm leak ... I forget which we used on the 2007 DVD.)Investigations into the copyright status of this film revealed that the necessary paperwork is now lost or unavailable. A large company like Disney, which owns FOX now, or Paramount, which owns CBS now, could probably paper over those gaps to release the film. Smaller companies we've spoken to couldn't figure it out. ITT, which produced the film, was heavily associated with the US government. It was something of a scandal at the time. So some have argued that the film could be considered in the public domain, saying it would at least partially belong to the people of the US, save the various licenses (Gruelle family and Joe Raposo).I don't know whether I would personally take the risk and argue that, but that is certainly an argument that someone could make.Production services with thanks to Tim Finn and Jonathan Baylis.
The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mk4 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-01-31 | Same version released in 2013.archive.org/details/@ocpmoviepatreon.com/GarrettGilchristIt is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the centre of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be ... nameless.“ANIMATION AMONG THE MOST GLORIOUS AND LIVELYEVER CREATED!” - The New York TimesChief Restorationist: Garrett GilchristFor the first time ever on video, enjoy the original version of this lost animation classic, written and directed by three-time Academy Award winning animator Richard Williams (animation director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Nearly 30 years in the making, a labor of love by a team of animation greats, this was to be the masterpiece of Williams’ career, perhaps the most ambitious independent animated film ever conceived. The film was the inspiration for Disney‘s film Aladdin, which proved to be its undoing. After over two decades of work, the film was taken away from Williams when he couldn’t meet his deadline. It was eventually bought by Disney, recut and destroyed. It has never been seen the way it was intended to be seen ... until now. Based on Williams’ original workprint, missing scenes have been restored using storyboards and unfinished animation. Restored to its true form, this lost classic has finally been found - for you at home.Directed by Richard WilliamsScreenplay by Richard Williams and Margaret FrenchMaster animator Ken HarrisProduced by Imogen Sutton and Richard Williams
Raggedy Ann (Rag Dolly) Act 2 Lost Broadway Musical ESIPA 1984 Joe Raposo William Gibson Ivy Austin The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-01-31 | Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure (aka Rag Dolly) is a dark fantasy musical with a book by William Gibson and music and lyrics by Joe Raposo. It is based on the children's stories by Johnny Gruelle and is loosely related to the 1977 feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, which included several of the same songs. The story centers on Marcella, a dying young girl whose toys come to life and take her on a magical adventure to meet The Doll Doctor, in hopes that he can mend her broken heart. The show created a controversy in Albany in 1984. It was a renowned sensation in Moscow in 1985. It was a notorious flop on Broadway in 1986. By 2021 it went on to develop a cult following through bootleg recordings.Ambitious young fans have recently been gathering rare production materials in a preservation effort to ensure an American revival.(The 1977 animated film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, directed by Richard Williams, was rereleased in 2008 and 2021 by film restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. Despite a related effort by researcher Vinnie Rattolle, information about the 1984-1986 Rag Dolly stage musical was hard to come by until about 2020.)Raggedy Ann (AKA Rag Dolly) opened on Broadway in the Nederlander Theatre on October 16th, 1986 and closed on October 19th, 1986. With a book by William Gibson (of The Miracle Worker fame) and music by Joe Raposo (best known for his work on Sesame Street), the show had a history of controversy due to its dark themes and subject matter. Due to its failed broadway run, the show faded into obscurity and became lost.The show starred Ivy Austin as Raggedy Ann. It was performed in Moscow as a cultural outreach project, as detailed in the documentary "Rag Dolly in the USSR."In February 2021, the Raggedy Ann Revival Effort (RARE) was formed. It is a group of volunteer lost media enthusiasts and theatre fans dedicated to preserving and reviving this lost musical. Since the founding of the group, several scripts, photos, a full recording of one of the performances, and other media have been recovered.On September 1st, a full recording of a performance from the first ESIPA production obtained by RARE was uploaded to the Rag Dolly youtube channel. This footage has not seen the light of day since 1984. What make this particular production interesting is that this run of the show was closed early due to a parent who went to the local news station to warn others not to bring their children to see the show.Even though video footage of the full show has been found, the search is not over. RARE is still looking for licensing and copyright for a potential revival, as well as rumored video of the Kennedy Center, Moscow, and Broadway productions of the musical.Act I"Overture" – Orchestra"Gingham and Yarn" – Company"Carry On" – Poppa"Diagnosis" – Doctors"The Light" – Marcella and Dolls"Make Believe" – Raggedy Ann & General D. (Broadway only)"Blue" – The Camel & Raggedy Ann"Mexico" (Raggedy Andy and company, ESIPA only)"Make Believe (reprise 1)" – Raggedy Ann, Marcella, Dolls & Company"Make Believe (reprise 2)" – Raggedy Ann & Marcella"Quiet Night/ Something in the Air" – Company"Delighted" – Clouds"So Beautiful" – Raggedy Ann, Marcella & Clouds"A Heavenly Chorus" – Yellow Yum-Yum"The Shooting Star" – Mommy, Poppa, and The Rat in the Rolls Royce"The Wedding" – Company"Rag Dolly" – Raggedy AnnAct II"Gingham and Yarn (reprise)" – Company"You'll Never Get Away/You'll Love It" – Bat, Raggedy Andy & the Batettes"A Little Music" – Marcella, Raggedy Ann and Dolls"Gone" – Dolls & Company"Why Not?" – Mommy"What Did I Lose?" – Mommy"Somewhere" – Raggedy Ann"Welcome to L.A." – Nurses"Diagnosis (reprise)" – Doctors"I Come Riding" – General D."Gingham and Yarn (reprise)" – Company"Rag Dolly (Finale)" – CastCastDoctors: Gary O. Aldrich, Scott Evans and William McClary, or Gary O. Aldrich, Joe Barrett and Neal Ben-Ari, or Joe Barrett, Dick Decareau and Richard RyderPoppa / The Doll Doctor: MacIntyre Dixon, Gibby Brand, Bob MorriseyMarcella: Tricia Brooks, Lisa RieffelRaggedy Ann: Ivy AustinRaggedy Andy: Scott SchaferBaby Doll: Carolyn Marble ValentisPanda: Jeanne Vigliante, Michelan SistiGeneral D.: Paul Haggard, David Schramm, Leo BurmesterBat / Yellow Yum-Yum (aka Tweety): Pamela Sousa, Gail BenedictWolf / Red Fang: Tom Pleto, Gordon WeissCamel with the Wrinkled Knees: Joel AroesteMommy / Witch: Elizabeth Austin
Raggedy Ann (Rag Dolly) Act 1 Lost Broadway Musical ESIPA 1984 Joe Raposo William Gibson Ivy Austin The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-01-31 | Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure (aka Rag Dolly) is a dark fantasy musical with a book by William Gibson and music and lyrics by Joe Raposo. It is based on the children's stories by Johnny Gruelle and is loosely related to the 1977 feature film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, which included several of the same songs. The story centers on Marcella, a dying young girl whose toys come to life and take her on a magical adventure to meet The Doll Doctor, in hopes that he can mend her broken heart. The show created a controversy in Albany in 1984. It was a renowned sensation in Moscow in 1985. It was a notorious flop on Broadway in 1986. By 2021 it went on to develop a cult following through bootleg recordings.Ambitious young fans have recently been gathering rare production materials in a preservation effort to ensure an American revival.(The 1977 animated film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, directed by Richard Williams, was rereleased in 2008 and 2021 by film restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. Despite a related effort by researcher Vinnie Rattolle, information about the 1984-1986 Rag Dolly stage musical was hard to come by until about 2020.)Raggedy Ann (AKA Rag Dolly) opened on Broadway in the Nederlander Theatre on October 16th, 1986 and closed on October 19th, 1986. With a book by William Gibson (of The Miracle Worker fame) and music by Joe Raposo (best known for his work on Sesame Street), the show had a history of controversy due to its dark themes and subject matter. Due to its failed broadway run, the show faded into obscurity and became lost.The show starred Ivy Austin as Raggedy Ann. It was performed in Moscow as a cultural outreach project, as detailed in the documentary "Rag Dolly in the USSR."In February 2021, the Raggedy Ann Revival Effort (RARE) was formed. It is a group of volunteer lost media enthusiasts and theatre fans dedicated to preserving and reviving this lost musical. Since the founding of the group, several scripts, photos, a full recording of one of the performances, and other media have been recovered.On September 1st, a full recording of a performance from the first ESIPA production obtained by RARE was uploaded to the Rag Dolly youtube channel. This footage has not seen the light of day since 1984. What make this particular production interesting is that this run of the show was closed early due to a parent who went to the local news station to warn others not to bring their children to see the show.Even though video footage of the full show has been found, the search is not over. RARE is still looking for licensing and copyright for a potential revival, as well as rumored video of the Kennedy Center, Moscow, and Broadway productions of the musical.Act I"Overture" – Orchestra"Gingham and Yarn" – Company"Carry On" – Poppa"Diagnosis" – Doctors"The Light" – Marcella and Dolls"Make Believe" – Raggedy Ann & General D. (Broadway only)"Blue" – The Camel & Raggedy Ann"Mexico" (Raggedy Andy and company, ESIPA only)"Make Believe (reprise 1)" – Raggedy Ann, Marcella, Dolls & Company"Make Believe (reprise 2)" – Raggedy Ann & Marcella"Quiet Night/ Something in the Air" – Company"Delighted" – Clouds"So Beautiful" – Raggedy Ann, Marcella & Clouds"A Heavenly Chorus" – Yellow Yum-Yum"The Shooting Star" – Mommy, Poppa, and The Rat in the Rolls Royce"The Wedding" – Company"Rag Dolly" – Raggedy AnnAct II"Gingham and Yarn (reprise)" – Company"You'll Never Get Away/You'll Love It" – Bat, Raggedy Andy & the Batettes"A Little Music" – Marcella, Raggedy Ann and Dolls"Gone" – Dolls & Company"Why Not?" – Mommy"What Did I Lose?" – Mommy"Somewhere" – Raggedy Ann"Welcome to L.A." – Nurses"Diagnosis (reprise)" – Doctors"I Come Riding" – General D."Gingham and Yarn (reprise)" – Company"Rag Dolly (Finale)" – CastCastDoctors: Gary O. Aldrich, Scott Evans and William McClary, or Gary O. Aldrich, Joe Barrett and Neal Ben-Ari, or Joe Barrett, Dick Decareau and Richard RyderPoppa / The Doll Doctor: MacIntyre Dixon, Gibby Brand, Bob MorriseyMarcella: Tricia Brooks, Lisa RieffelRaggedy Ann: Ivy AustinRaggedy Andy: Scott SchaferBaby Doll: Carolyn Marble ValentisPanda: Jeanne Vigliante, Michelan SistiGeneral D.: Paul Haggard, David Schramm, Leo BurmesterBat / Yellow Yum-Yum (aka Tweety): Pamela Sousa, Gail BenedictWolf / Red Fang: Tom Pleto, Gordon WeissCamel with the Wrinkled Knees: Joel AroesteMommy / Witch: Elizabeth Austin
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 Restoration Comparison 35mm Ultra HD The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2022-01-31 | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 35mm Ultra HDTransferred from 35mm film in UHD by Helge Bernhardt and restored by Garrett Gilchrist.Version 2 (10/30/2021)Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, a publishing arm of ITT, and released theatrically by 20th Century Fox.Editing notes: The reels were transferred by Helge Bernhardt using a Blackmagic Cintel Gen2. This eliminated most black dirt from the transfer, leaving mainly white emulsion scratches as "snow."Phoenix digital dirt removal processes were then run on the first four minutes of Reel One by Helge Bernhardt, up to and including the opening credits. This was very effective and I hoped we would do more of this, but other projects got in the way.The transfer, as expected, gets dirtier at the beginning and end of reels, and one or two minutes of footage was isolated around reel changes for further work, much of it done by hand in Photoshop by Garrett Gilchrist, including the removal of reel markers, splices, and heavy damage around the actual reel changes.Hundreds of frames were cleaned by hand, with sixteen minutes of the film originally targeted for cleanup, and then the entirety of Reel One and the closing credits for a total of thirty minutes.Automatic work was also done via PFClean. However, PFClean was unable to handle changes on "ones" (including special effects like the flickering when the Captain sings 'You're My Friend'). Phoenix would almost certainly have done a better job with this material. Garrett analyzed the automatic PFClean work frame by frame, to remove sections with faster movement where the line work would be damaged.Garrett then did further work frame by frame in Photoshop, which took several months of by-hand restoration work, and occasionally shot stabilization in After Effects.Reel One was considered the most problematic. We have scanned about four different prints of reel one, and all are dirty and missing some footage. While I was impressed by our "A-Print" Reel One scan, an alternate Reel One scan was also done by Helge, with thanks to someone who does not want to be credited.While the previous scan was darker and bluer, this scan was brighter, more contrasty and more yellow, losing some highlight detail and clarity. It was also a much dirtier scan. FemBoyFilms handled Phoenix digital dirt removal processes on this version of Reel One, in full. The cleaned-up result was good, but since this scan is considered lower quality, it is only used briefly in this edit. It's used for the 20th Century Fox logo (with heavy cleanup by Garrett Gilchrist), briefly as Marcella shakes the snowglobe, and as Marcella closes the roof of her dollhouse. It is also used for color during the live action segments in the first two minutes of the film, for richer yellow and green tones.Sound used here is from the prints as scanned. It is possible that previous scans of this film are superior in that regard, but that's a matter of taste and hard to pin down. (That would include the retail VHS, the KA scan, the PD Rag Doll Blu Ray/35mm leak ... I forget which we used on the 2007 DVD.)Investigations into the copyright status of this film revealed that the necessary paperwork is now lost or unavailable. A large company like Disney, which owns FOX now, or Paramount, which owns CBS now, could probably paper over those gaps to release the film. Smaller companies we've spoken to couldn't figure it out. ITT, which produced the film, was heavily associated with the US government. It was something of a scandal at the time. So some have argued that the film could be considered in the public domain, saying it would at least partially belong to the people of the US, save the various licenses (Gruelle family and Joe Raposo).I don't know whether I would personally take the risk and argue that, but that is certainly an argument that someone could make.Production services with thanks to Tim Finn and Jonathan Baylis.
The Sailor and the Devil (1967) RESTORED Errol LeCain / Richard Williams / Alex Bradford The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2018-10-03 | The great illustrator Errol Le Cain animated this rare short film for the Richard Williams Studio in 1967, as his "apprentice work." Professor Alex Bradford sings the catchy gospel soundtrack. From an HBO airing. It cuts off abruptly in a fadeout, and is not presented in full. Music and lyrics by Peter Shade, registered to the Performing Rights Society. Richard Williams presentsMusic & Lyrics Peter ShadeSung by Professor Alex BradfordAnimation & Co-Direction Errol LeCainRestoration by Garrett Gilchrist24p video restoration by Christoph NassFilm transfer by Helge BernhardtSpecial Thanks to:David DownsMat FitzpatrickThe John Culhane familyThe Sailor and the Devil (1967) Errol LeCain / Richard Williams / Professor Alex Bradford
Fun With Mr. Future (1982, Disney, Darrell Van Citters) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-17 | Not Richard Williams related. Restored by Garrett Gilchrist for The Thief Archive. Audio restoration by Darrell Maclaine-Jones.Much of the same crew worked on the prototype 1981-83 version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which wasn't made.The source VHS of this rare film had pretty bad color with heavy rainbowing, which I cleaned up via Neatvideo in AfterEffects over several passes. There's a shot of the town losing power two minutes in which I had to rebuild with guesswork, since the tape fails at that point. Close enough I think. There's a quick comparison at the end here.An animatronic talking-head replica of Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Phil Proctor) hosts a tour of what the future will look like."Fun with Mr. Future" originally began development as an Epcot television special, whose crew included Darrell Van Citters, Mike Giamo, Joe Ranft, Mike Gabriel, Tad Stones and Brian McEntee. At the time, this team was also involved in the development stages of what would become "Sport Goofy in Soccermania" (1987) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). After Disney shelved the Epcot special, Tom Wilhite allowed them to use footage from the project and edit it into a new animated short. The resulting work marked the directorial debut of animator Darrell Van Citters, who began his career at the Disney studios.Disney released the film in Los Angeles on October 27, 1982. No other public screenings took place until October 2010, when New York's Museum of Modern Art featured it in a program commemorating the publication of John Canemaker's book, Two Guys Named Joe. According to Tad Stones, "[Working on it] was a lot of fun but I couldn't even tell you where you find it now. It's one of those gems even Disney doesn't know it has. I went to a comic convention and was surprised to see its cels for sale."-- Well, here it is. By the way, notice that the holographic cartoon they're watching is about a fox and a hound ...?
Backstage At Disney 1983 Pt 3 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-11 | John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of The Black Cauldron, Zorro and Son with Paul Regina, and Never Cry Wolf.
Backstage At Disney 1983 Pt 2 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-11 | John Culhane takes us behind the scenes at Disney in 1983, including dinosaur effects for "Baby," and Darrell Van Citters' early attempt to direct Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Backstage At Disney 1983 Pt 1 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-11 | John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of Tim Burton's "Vincent" and "Hansel & Gretel." This isn't Richard Williams related, but I thought you'd want to see it anyway.
Early unmade version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Paul Reubens, Darrell Van Citters, Disney 1983] The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-09-05 | Before Richard Williams directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there was an earlier attempt at Disney, from 1981 to 1983, to adapt Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.”John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of the unmade Darrell Van Citters version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1983. With animator Mike Giamo and producer Marc Sturdivant.Disney 1981-1983. Animators: Chris Buck, Randy Cartwright. Character design and concepts: Mike Giamo, Mike Gabriel. Paul Reubens, known as Pee Wee Herman, plays Roger Rabbit. Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as Eddie Valiant. Russi Taylor as Jessica. Jack Angel as Captain Cleaver. Screenwriters Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price. Producer Mark Sturdivant.While Roger was a villain in the book, trying to solve his own murder, this Roger is a loveable goofball in white fur and red overalls - a prototype for the final film. Baby Herman is glimpsed only briefly, and Jessica Rabbit appears to be the villain of the piece. Still, this version clearly laid some groundwork for the Zemeckis/Williams production a few years later.The prototype Roger Rabbit appears cheering in the stands in the featurette “Sport Goofy in Soccermania.”More information and pictures:http://orangecow.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3&p=5248#p5248
[HD] Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Pt. 1 Test The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-08-28 | Scanned at 4k, this is a sample from my own personal 35mm print of the 1977 film Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. This reel isn't in the best of shape and is missing some footage! Previously we scanned a different print in SD in 2007. Any widescreen transfer of this film you've seen came from us here at The Thief Archive.
Trailer: Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-08-26 | Directed by Richard Williams. 35mm transfer by Helge Bernhardt. From the collection of Pastor Rodriguez.
Sailor and the Devil colorized clip: The Creative Person The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-06-20 | 1967, Errol Le Cain. Richard Williams Animation Studio. 16mm transfer by Helge Bernhardt. Restoration and colorization by Garrett Gilchrist, from a video restoration by Christoph Nass and Garrett Gilchrist.
Richard Williams BFI The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-06-12 | On June 1, 2014, in London, AMPAS [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] arranged a screening of the work print of Richard Williams' lost masterpiece "The Thief & the Cobbler" followed by a Q & A, at the NFT, via the BFI.
Richard Williams BFI The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-06-12 | On June 1, 2014, in London, AMPAS [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] arranged a screening of the work print of Richard Williams' lost masterpiece "The Thief & the Cobbler" followed by a Q & A, at the NFT, via the BFI.
Universe in a Pencil clip: Richard Williams / Ralph Steadman The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-06-12 | Richard Williams speaks with Ralph Steadman in this excerpt from the 1989 documentary Universe in a Pencil, produced and directed by Richard Pawelko.The documentary looks at the best animation studios in London in the late 1980s, including Aardman Animation's work on Wallace and Gromit. As aired on Channel 4.
The Creative Person : Richard Williams Part 2 (1967) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-01-08 | 16mm transfer by Helge Bernhardt, from the collection of John Culhane.
The Creative Person: Richard Williams Pt 1 (1967) The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2014-01-01 | 16mm transfer by Helge Bernhardt, from the collection of John Culhane.
7. Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 4 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2013-09-19 | Downloads also available.Visit http://orangecow.org/board for more information. Or the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/thiefandthecobblerGarrett Gilchrist's restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Still a work in progress, this has been "cobbled" together from the many existing cuts to bring the film closer to its original form.Nearly the entire film has been carefully restored frame by frame in Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and other programs, with scenes recreated to tell the story like never before. Dirt and splices have been removed and new special effects created.The aim of the Recobbled Cut is to provide the most complete and watchable version that is faithful to Richard Williams' vision, using the best available quality audio and video. This latest version includes 30 minutes of scenes in HD from 35mm film, as well as new artwork and a great deal of dirt removal. It took seven years of research and over two and a half years of work by restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. It is believed to be the most complex independent restoration of any film ever done.
6. Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 4 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2013-09-19 | Downloads also available.Visit http://orangecow.org/board for more information. Or the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/thiefandthecobblerGarrett Gilchrist's restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Still a work in progress, this has been "cobbled" together from the many existing cuts to bring the film closer to its original form.Nearly the entire film has been carefully restored frame by frame in Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and other programs, with scenes recreated to tell the story like never before. Dirt and splices have been removed and new special effects created.The aim of the Recobbled Cut is to provide the most complete and watchable version that is faithful to Richard Williams' vision, using the best available quality audio and video. This latest version includes 30 minutes of scenes in HD from 35mm film, as well as new artwork and a great deal of dirt removal. It took seven years of research and over two and a half years of work by restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. It is believed to be the most complex independent restoration of any film ever done.
The Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 4 Pt. 1 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2013-09-19 | Downloads also available.Visit http://orangecow.org/board for more information. Or the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/thiefandthecobblerGarrett Gilchrist's restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Still a work in progress, this has been "cobbled" together from the many existing cuts to bring the film closer to its original form.Nearly the entire film has been carefully restored frame by frame in Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and other programs, with scenes recreated to tell the story like never before. Dirt and splices have been removed and new special effects created.The aim of the Recobbled Cut is to provide the most complete and watchable version that is faithful to Richard Williams' vision, using the best available quality audio and video. This latest version includes 30 minutes of scenes in HD from 35mm film, as well as new artwork and a great deal of dirt removal. It took seven years of research and over two and a half years of work by restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. It is believed to be the most complex independent restoration of any film ever done.
5. Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled Cut Mark 4 The Thief and the Cobbler Archive Official 2013-09-19 | Downloads also available.Visit http://orangecow.org/board for more information. Or the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/thiefandthecobblerGarrett Gilchrist's restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Still a work in progress, this has been "cobbled" together from the many existing cuts to bring the film closer to its original form.Nearly the entire film has been carefully restored frame by frame in Photoshop, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and other programs, with scenes recreated to tell the story like never before. Dirt and splices have been removed and new special effects created.The aim of the Recobbled Cut is to provide the most complete and watchable version that is faithful to Richard Williams' vision, using the best available quality audio and video. This latest version includes 30 minutes of scenes in HD from 35mm film, as well as new artwork and a great deal of dirt removal. It took seven years of research and over two and a half years of work by restorationist Garrett Gilchrist. It is believed to be the most complex independent restoration of any film ever done.
![Early unmade version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [Paul Reubens, Darrell Van Citters, Disney 1983]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E3mmaWgoFhM/sddefault.jpg)