Is this for real?

[mhberest]

Look at this URL:

www.thevintagetheatre.com/popeye.html

They claim to have all 230 Popeye cartoons on DVD. I'd guess some of these would have to be pirated.

[doc]

From what I gather, all of their products are Public Domain items that have been collected for distribution. So yes, they are theoretically "for real," but they are not likely to be of a terribly high quality.

Just the same, it looks like they have a lot of product that I would enjoy having. Not only Popeye, but the orignal Flash Gordon serials and the Our Gang collection (Stymie just rules).

Doc

[mhberest]

I don't think all 230 cartoons are in the public domain.

[bluto]

mhberest said:

Look at this URL:

www.thevintagetheatre.com/popeye.html

They claim to have all 230 Popeye cartoons on DVD. I'd guess some of these would have to be pirated.

This is indeed a pirated collection as only a relative handful of the Flesicher and Famous Studios cartoons are in the public domain and the copyright holders have never given anyone the permission to release those cartoons that aren't. Doc is probably right that the quality of the prints in this collection would be poor.