Kit Parker Films

Kit Parker Films is a film distribution company founded in 1971. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, the company distributed 16mm prints of various vintage films, mainly for use in schools and libraries.https://leonardmaltin.com/a-familiar-name-returns-to-the-scene/
At an unknown time (likely mid-to-late 1970s), Kit Parker Films distributed Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies film prints, under license from Warner Bros.Copyright notices from a distribution postcard: 1, 2 Many of these Kit Parker prints were reportedly the colorized Sunset Productions versions; likely for legal reasons, the generic opening and closing sequences of those releases were replaced with proper Warner Bros. ones. For unknown reasons, these were often the incorrect sequences for the cartoon in question.Video showing incorrect opening and closing sequences used on the colorized version of The Timid Toreador: https://youtu.be/ODEztUuBFb4
Due to their accessibility in educational facilities at the time, Kit Parker prints were common to find on public domain VHS releases, particularly the Sunset-colorized Porky Pig shorts.
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