I like old/new animated films, so I thought I'd share this.

Released in 1926, weird german film about the The Adventures of Prince Achmed It's pretty interesting seeing thought process of animation so long ago.

Oh and interesting thing I found out was that was the first known animated film was made in Argentina back in 1917. Pretty cool.

hmmmm. not sure what this really is! i THINK the animation itself might be originally from 1926. i think this might be a modern interpretation of it though. originally it would have been black and white and it would have been silent back then, too. the typography is definitely modern also-that typeface is contemporary, and so is the use of the prime marks instead of real quotation marks-not well done by whomever put this together. it would have been easy to find a period font and to typeset it correctly if they put some thought into it!

the animation though, the period part of it all, was fascinating. i could see all sorts of beaux artes and art moderne influences in it. i bet it was quite stunning to see back when it was new.

thanks!

UPDATE: i just realized you had a link to the Wiki on this. i was mostly correct in all of my comments, lol. i'm not sure that the original 'tinting' would have looked anything at all like this remake, but it's interesting that it WAS tinted originally. i would bet that it was a very, very subtle tint, much like you see in hand tinted lithographs today. it might have been just an overall second color overlay also, like in 2 color printing process. the Wiki has the original typography also from the opening frame. you can see how much more elaborate and well-done the type was done then, since it was all done letter by letter and then handscribed. again, thanks! i'm also very interested in early films. the classic german film Metropolis is incredible if you ever get a chance to see it.

Ah ok, didn't fully read the wiki on it, lol. I just did a quick look down on it and then went to youtube =P but they did try to recreate how the original was.

Ah yea, Metropolis is a classic! I still need to watch it. I haven't watched the new version yet either, but I kinda want to watch the original first. Just like how the original The Day the Earth Stood Still was infinitely better than the new one. I think we should start a topic about vintage animated films.