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Despite the studio’s mild successes during its waning years, it was forced to closed its doors when RKO Radio Pictures decided to release Walt Disney cartoons, rather than those produced by Van Beuren.
-- Description cited from [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402141133/http://www.toonjet.com/blog/index.php/van_beuren_studios_lost_cartoon_treasure?blog=2 Toonjet.Com].
Like many non-Disney/[[Warner Bros]]. cartoon studios, critics and historians generally tend to give Van Beuren the footnote treatment, writing off the cartoons as cheaply produced drivel—but this isn't quite true. For all the sloppy animation and one-note characters, there are some inspired gags here and there, as well as some very good musical scores provided with each cartoon. Despite this, many of the shorts were scattered and lost for a long time, due to their [[Public Domain Animation|public domain status]] and lack of care. The fact that the studio's role in the [[History of Animation]] was very minor and tangential compared to the other studios didn't help. Fortunately, thanks to recent DVD collections, especially from Thunderbean, the bulk of this studio's sound output is available on DVD for viewing. Research copies of the entire Van Beuren sound output are available for animation historians on [[Cartoon Brew|Jerry Beck's]] [http://www.cartoonresearch.com/ Cartoon Research] website.
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