Eleven vintage Warner Bros. shorts known as the “Censored Eleven” that have sat on the shelves for more than 40 years due to their controversial depiction of race will get a DVD release next year via the studio’s on-demand Warner Archive service, according to ToonZone.net
The titles in the Censored Eleven are:
• Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931, directed by Rudolf Ising)
• Sunday Go to Meetin’ Time (1936, directed by Friz Freleng)
• Clean Pastures (1937, directed by Friz Freleng)
• Uncle Tom’s Bungalow (1937, directed by Tex Avery)
• Jungle Jitters (1938, directed by Friz Freleng)
• The Isle of Pingo Pongo (1938, directed by Tex Avery)
• All This and Rabbit Stew (1941, directed by Tex Avery)
• Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943, directed by Robert Clampett)
• Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943, directed by Robert Clampett)
• Angel Puss (1944, directed by Chuck Jones)
• Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears (1944, directed by Friz Freleng)
The films are set to be made available, uncensored and uncut, sometime in 2011.
http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/35332/nycc2010-warner-archive-to-release-the-censored-eleven
