East West Entertainment

**East West Entertainment LLC** was a U.S. company based out of Brooklyn, New York, and (presumably) later North Hollywood, California, and founded in 2004. They are known to distribute English dubs of Dingo Pictures films as well as other "dollar store" DVDs (such as the *Asterix* films).

The covers on the majority of Dingo Pictures DVD releases are drawn by Michalis Venetoulias. Steve Banes was the company's art director.

## History

On Tuesday, October 16, 2007, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC. The USPTO has given the EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC trademark serial number of 77305492. The current federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE. The correspondent listed for EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC is Robert B.G. Horowitz, Esq. of BAKER & HOSTETLER, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York NY 10111. The EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC trademark is filed in the category of Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products The description provided to the USPTO for EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC is *pre-recorded DVDs*.

Their website was shut down in 2012. In 2016, the domain was bought by TIME Magazine up until the end of the year.

## Trivia

* Many people have assumed that East West Entertainment was responsible for creating the English dubs of *Aladin*, *Wabuu der freche Waschbär*, and *Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten*, however it was shown recently that Art Media was actually responsible for them.
* Most East West DVDs of Dingo movies are known to have two versions, one with bonus cartoons and one without.
	+ They were ripped from Playhouse Classics videotapes, as the DVDs for *Pocahontas* and *Ein Fall für die Mäusepolizei* have a blank version of their logo (with additional text).
	+ The versions of *Auf der Suche nach den Dalmatinern* and *...noch mehr Dalmatiner* with the bonus cartoons appear to use the opposite films' contents, right down to the menus.
	+ The version of *Artige Katzen* with the bonus cartoons is censored to remove four instances of the word "Damn".
* The cover for *Pocahontas* leaves the Art Media logo on the case.

## Releases

### DVD

* **Anastasia** (Catalog no. A-10001)
Release date: October 19, 2004 / March 4, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *Wolf! Wolf!* • *Somewhere in Dreamland* • *Robin Hood Makes Good* • *Fox Pop* • *Swat the Fly* • *The Cobweb Hotel*

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* **The Toys Room** (Catalog no. A-10022)
Release date: October 20, 2004 / March 3, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *The Three Little Pigs* • *The Two Spoiled Little Bears* • *The Country Mouse and the City Mouse* • *House Cleaning Blues* • *Scotty Finds a Home*

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* **The Mouse Police** (Catalog no. A-100??)
Release date: October 20, 2004 • Language: English

* **The Sword of Camelot** (Catalog no. A-10007)
Release date: February 1, 2005 • Language: English

* **Dinosaurs** (Catalog no. A-10011)
Release date: February 1, 2005 • Language: English

* **The Bremen Town-Musicians** (Catalog no. A-10024)
Release date: February 1, 2005 / March 4, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *Porky's Bear Facts* • *Old MacDonald Had a Farm*

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* **Pocahontas** (Catalog no. A-10018)
Release date: February 3, 2005 • Language: English

* **Notre Dame** (Catalog no. A-10014)
Release date: March 3, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *The Bulleteers* • *You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!* • *All This and Rabbit Stew*

* **The Three Little Pigs** (Catalog no. A-10004)
Release date: March 4, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *The Mummy Strikes* • *Jasper and the Haunted House* • *A Haunting We Will Go* • *The Cobweb Hotel* • *Chick and Double Chick*

* **The Boy Who Cried Wolf** (Catalog no. A-10026)
Release date: March 4, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *The Bulleteers* • *You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!* • *All This and Rabbit Stew* • *Bosko's Party* • *Daffy the Commando* • *Robin Hood Makes Good* • *To Duck or Not to Duck*

* **The Frog King** (Catalog no. A-10032)
Release date: March 4, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *All This and Rabbit Stew* • *Rookie Revue* • *Saps in Chaps* • *Fresh Hare* • *Dick Whittington's Cat*

* **Winky the Little Bear** (Catalog no. A-10021)
Release date: March 22, 2005 • Language: English
Bonus features: *Daffy the Commando* • *Robin Hood Makes Good* • *To Duck or Not to Duck* • *Prest-O Change-O*

* **Superman Volume 1** (Catalog no. A1065)
Release date: May 19, 2005 • Language: English
Cartoons: *The Arctic Giant* • *Billion Dollar Limited* • *The Bulleteers* • *Destruction, Inc.* • *Japoteurs* • *Jungle Drums* • *The Magnetic Telescope*

* **Children's Classic Theater** (Catalog no. CA-2007)
Release date: December 21, 2005 • Language: English
Cartoons: *The Pied Piper of Hamelin* • *Cinderella* • *The Headless Horseman* • *The Ugly Duckling*

* **Gulliver's Travels** (Catalog no. CA-2007)
Release date: December 22, 2005 • Language: English

## References

1. ↑ Contact Us. East West Entertainment. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006.
2. ↑ Lynch, Mike (2006-11-01). DVD CARTOON COVER ART. *World of Cartoons*. Retrieved on November 25, 2020.
3. ↑ Steve Banes. *LinkedIn*. Retrieved on November 25, 2020.
4. ↑ EAST WEST ENTERTAINMENT LLC. *USPTO.report*. US Patent and Tradmark Office. Retrieved on November 25, 2020.