Restoration Comparison: "The Sunshine Makers" (1935) (Patreon)

I’m back with another restoration comparison! This time, it’s from a cult classic, The Sunshine Makers, a 1935 Rainbow Parade cartoon (in Cinecolor) directed by Ted Esbaugh and Burt Gillett. I was only given the first few scenes for digital clean-up and it was quite a challenge. 

This is sourced from an original 35mm Cinecolor element, printed in 1944. It seems later reprints of original Cinecolor prints of Rainbow Parades, intended to be struck for home movie use in smaller gauges, led to a large volume of tiny blue dots from the printing process. Therefore, this was quite a challenge to get looking as sharp as possible. 

This 27-second continuous shot can be seen publicly, but only Patrons on the $5 level will be able to see this excerpt in its entirety.

(Be sure to watch in full 1080p!)