{"id":694,"date":"2017-01-20T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/?p=694"},"modified":"2021-02-21T00:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T00:20:41","slug":"felix-the-cat-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/2017\/01\/20\/felix-the-cat-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix the Cat Live “Series”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Demand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series is available on Amazon Prime<\/a> as well as Vimeo<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/a>FELIX THE CAT
<\/strong><\/span>While everybody is aware of the \u201cFelix the Cat\u201d cartoons, almost nobody is aware of the Felix the Cat live-action series, with human actors in makeup and costumes, playing the parts.<\/p>\n

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Some history<\/strong>: The late Joe Oriolo was a leading animator, best-known for creating or co-creating Felix the Cat and Caspar the Friendly Ghost cartoon series.\u00a0\u00a0 In 1972 Joe Oriolo partnered with Bert Hecht to form\u00a0 Oriolo Film Studios. They jointly worked on a number of projects, including Choppy the Princess, and our live Felix series; Don Oriolo, Joe\u2019s son, created the music for the live Felix series as a work for hire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1982, Hecht and Oriolo split up their partnership acrimoniously;\u00a0 Hecht\u2019s new company, \u201cAlbert D. Hecht d\/b\/a Production & Direction Services\u201d, got all distribution rights for \u201cthe total Choppy project\u201d for the U.S. and Canada, but with technical ownership remaining in Oriolo Film Studios.\u00a0 Hecht also received all of the materials for the Choppy series and a Choppy feature film.\u00a0 Oriolo received all rights to the Felix the Cat live series, and worked on completing it prior to his death December 25, 1985.\u00a0 Larry Wehrhahn , Michael Wehrhahn and Jim Markovic the post producers provided post production services for the project as well as media services, and when the company funding was lost and went out of business, they were left with the incomplete series and the abandoned materials for it.\u00a0 Wehrhahn and Markovic, New Cat Associates, Ltd., \u00a0completed the Felix the Cat\u00a0 live-action series from the ground up and finally released the series.<\/p>\n

The series has been issued in nine volumes by Mr. FAT-W Video; the contents are listed below; the links under those listings will take you directly to Amazon.com to purchase the DVDs.<\/p>\n

While the series was intended primarily for the young audience that watches series such as Sesame Street and Barney and other \u201cPBS Kids\u201d series, there is actually a sly tongue-in-cheek humor; the video promo below illustrates this, as well as giving you an idea of what the series looks like.<\/p>\n

PRODUCTION CREDITS
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Cast: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Rick Davis
Bobby Lee
Gary De Lena
Katie Doyle
Coleen Davis
Carol Payne<\/p>\n

Executive Producer: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Noel Paul
Producer\/Director: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Marc Nathan, Michael Wehrhahn
Writer: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Jack McDonnell
Associate Director: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Lesley Jake
Associate Producer: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Richard D. Levine
Musical Director: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Don Oriolo
Set Designer: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0James Stewart
Lighting Director: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0John Friborg
Stage Manager: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Mitchell Baum
Makeup\/Wardrobe: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Paulette Aller
Post Production Facilities: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Carob Video
Devlin Productions Global Star Productions \/ Entertainment
Post Production Producers: Jim Markovic
Production Servides: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Vienek Corp. \u00a0A General American Company
Copyright: \u00a92017 New Cat Associates, Ltd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DVD Listings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volume 1<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Above the Sky
Afraid of the Light
Balancing Act
Jump<\/p>\n

Volume 2<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Camel Ride
Climbing
First Aid<\/p>\n

Volume 3<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Flying Carpet
Follow the Bouncing Ball
Geology<\/p>\n

Volume 4<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Give a Ring
Give Us A Lift
Good Luck<\/p>\n

Volume 5<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

In A Flash
Instruction
Just Keep Rolling<\/p>\n

Volume 6<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Making Movies
Paper Ships
Petrified Forest<\/p>\n

Volume 7<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Pocket Rocket
Star Light, Star Bright
Sweet Tooth<\/p>\n

Volume 8<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Unflappable Wings
Walk, Don’t Run
Water World<\/p>\n

Volume 9<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

Wooden Giants
Writing In The Sand
Your Country Is A Family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Demand The series is available on Amazon Prime as well as Vimeo. FELIX THE CATWhile everybody is aware of the \u201cFelix the Cat\u201d cartoons, almost nobody is aware of the Felix the Cat live-action series, with human actors in makeup and costumes, playing the parts. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Some history: The late Joe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalstarproductions.com\/gsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}