I think this was the first cartoon I'd ever seen. I was a small girl, and I related so much to Billie. It's hard to see the world sometimes, so you just gotta look with your heart.

That was nice of the Officer to give her the doll, even if he did just find it in the trash.

I remember skipping when I was younger because it was too sad for me. This is probably the reason why I love raggedy Ann so much now. They depict the way blind people visualize and hear in such a beautiful and unique light, instead of showing it only as a problem. This was very ahead of its time to be this accepting.

@Leamichellefan2244

2 ай бұрын

Do you know what sad is they don’t do that anymore. I should know because I’m blind and I’ve never seen a cartoon or movie that depicts people like me the way that this does which is why I still love it to this day and don’t even get me started on the song that raggedy and sings to the little girl that’s just downright beautiful.

@LillianGraceFullofficial

2 ай бұрын

@@Leamichellefan2244 exactly!

@Leamichellefan2244

2 ай бұрын

@@LillianGraceFullofficial this is probably gonna sound silly, but I’ve got that song and all of ragged and lines memorized.

@LillianGraceFullofficial

2 ай бұрын

@@Leamichellefan2244 no it’s not silly. The song’s a underrated masterpiece, I still know the lyrics after all this time

I love this cartoon so much I had it on a vhs tape, so happy I found it. It’s so emotional, when she says she’s never seen her mothers face I literally feel a heaviness beat in my heart. So sad.

@Yugi40

Жыл бұрын

I feel your pain, buddy.

@Arginne

Жыл бұрын

Omg what was the vhs called I had it too. I think it may have been a novel toon collection but Im not sure

@kpc9602

10 ай бұрын

I don't remember how Billie's really born blind

@Vandenberg144

2 ай бұрын

​@@Arginne Was it 50 Greatest Cartoons?

Oh my goodness, I've finally found it. I haven't seen this cartoon in a long time.

@kpc9602

10 ай бұрын

me neither, I can't believe I almost memorized that video before KZread

I used to cry over this when I was young. Which was a long time ago.

@kingstontwelve

Ай бұрын

Same

"There are some who see with the eyes in their head and there are some who see with the eyes in their heart. And that's the Lord's own truth."

@Leamichellefan2244

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I think that’s my favorite part.

Question, is Raggedy Ann magic or was this all Billie’s imagination? The fact that she’s surprised by Ann talking does kinda hint to the first.

My grandma had a vhs with old paramount classics on it years ago and this was one that was on it. I had a vague recollection of what it was about and put it on to show my kids. Bawled my fricken eyes out!

@whatsmyname6971

2 жыл бұрын

Sameee my granny got this is on a cd and when I hear the instrumental with the piano and stuff, I get nostalgia.

@andymate2006

2 жыл бұрын

My Nan had this on VHS to. I secretly used to shed a tear as it always used to get me thinking of how blind people see the world even through they can't see. It's a really well made cartoon with a very powerful story. You really don't see that in most modern day cartoons.

@Arginne

Жыл бұрын

What was it called? I had it also and am trying to remember

Wow! I've seen older copies of this cartoon and they really cleaned it up.

Typically for Famous Studios, they miss so many dramatic possibilities of a little blind girl wandering around her shabby street (which would get gentrified in the next decade) imagining it to be a magic amusement park. And the ear-piercing "You can see with your heart" at the end would set dogs howling. But it's a charming and moving cartoon, and looks dazzling it its restored Technicolor glory. Do you think Officer Flanagan likes Billie's mother a little? Halloween, everybody!

Thank you so much for uploading this!! I had this on VHS when I was a kid, and I remember how much I loved this cartoon. I didn't realize just how precious this was until now, because of what Billie went through. ❤

Calpini really knew how to layout some beautiful stuff on this. Along with the "Spring" one too.

This cartoon was my introduction to Raggedy Ann. I was a teen. It was on a dvd compilation of old cartoons.

This is probably one of the most acclaimed cartoon shorts to ever come out of by Paramount’s Famous Studios and it’s a shame this and most of the other Famous standouts(including the other Raggedy Ann short From 1944,some of the best Popeye shorts from 1942-1948 and a few ones from 1949 and the 50’s including 1953’s 3D Popeye,The Ace of Space,several Casper and Herman and Katnip standouts and The Superman shorts)weren’t ever nominated for a Acadamy award for Best Animated Short film compared to Fleischer Studios and George Pal’s Puppetoon shorts. Poor Famous.

@kingstontwelve

2 жыл бұрын

The music makes me think of my best friend

You can see with your heart Make the dark clouds departs Dream sweet dreams and I promise you Your heart will see them all come true Let your imagination unfold The world for you to behold All you need is something to start with You can see with your heart

@kingstontwelve

Ай бұрын

How did you get the lyrics right!

@sampeacaml9307

Ай бұрын

@@kingstontwelve I just listened to it a few times.

@kingstontwelve

Ай бұрын

@@sampeacaml9307 wow. You might accidentally be a genius!

@sampeacaml9307

Ай бұрын

@@kingstontwelve Hehe, you think so? Thanks. Still, with all due respect, it's not very difficult to listen to a song, at least to me. But I am glad you seem to be happy that I wrote down the lyrics.

@kingstontwelve

Ай бұрын

@@sampeacaml9307 no yeah you are a genius! I could never get them right, no matter how many times I have listened to it. I hope that makes you feel special 😉

Never seen this version before. This is way better than the NTA version from the 1950’s, and the sound and picture quality are nice and clean.

@jrgensaint-croix1817

2 жыл бұрын

whats a nta?

@Musicradio77Network

2 жыл бұрын

@@jrgensaint-croix1817 It was a TV distributor back in the 1950’s and continued through the 1970’s until it got folded into Republic Pictures in the 1990’s.

when I use to watch this episode as a youngster, I always thought that Billie's just a normal girl, but now that I keep watching it this year, I now realize that she's blind

@Cheebie_108

Ай бұрын

Same

Woah I remember this from like a core baby memory-!

Not that your first restoration was bad (cause it wasn't), but it did have those splices. Can't wait to get this upgrade on Blu-ray

They don’t make them like this anymore lost art form technicolor pops out the screen.

Absolutely lovely.

I feel like a child again but all I always wonder that i would love a tou

this cartoon will always make me cry

I always thought it was strange, ironic and funny that the voice of Bluto and the usual angry guy of the Little Lulu cartoons from the 60s was the voice of reason in this short.

@sampeacaml9307

Жыл бұрын

Interesting fact.

The best Noveltoons short

Originally released in May 1947.

Bet the Famous Studios animators were darn proud of this one..

@smeyely

19 күн бұрын

Fr!!! This is one of those rare paramount W's in creativity and core writing capabilities 🙌🏻😭🖤🖤

❤❤ this was after puff the magic dragon on a VHS I had growing up. I love this cartoon so much.

Beautiful and touching cartoon

That is so beautiful and so lovely animation show video

Muy lindo 😊 siempre lo miro 😊🇵🇪🤗

I don’t know who went through the trouble of cleaning this up, but thank you whoever did because this cartoon is great. It’s freaking great only I don’t get what people say that they cry. I don’t find it. Sad I find it cute and adorable.

I watch that Raggedy Ann Cartoon a lot on 350 Cartoon Collection DVD when I was a 15 years old since 2016

Beautiful!! Thank you for!

I remember having this on DVD many years ago.

@mastermoye3915

Жыл бұрын

Is it Cartoon Craze by Digiview Productions?

Please tell me this one an Academy award or something.

I love this cartoon with Raggedy Ann name the Enchanted Square. and I am happy for Billie and her imagination in the enchanted square.

Thanks for posting, Steve! This and the Popeye cartoon ROCKET TO MARS would, IMHO, be Famous Studios' best. I can't watch this or that scene in Charlie Chaplin THE KID with the police taking little Jackie Coogan from The Little Tramp without becoming a blubbering mess.

Are FPS added here?

1:03 and 6:44 what the Lapp! Funny cat and dog lol

This seems like a good story for The Twilight Zone

When I was little I used to taught that the little girl was playing or acting weird Never crossed in my mind (until I got my 10 years) what the sweetie was blind…

👍🥰

RAGGEDY ANN?!!!!! (I saw the other cartoon and raggedy ann was the same of that)

🥲 cute

wow4

The first Raggedy Ann cartoon in history

@bobbybickert

Жыл бұрын

No, there were two other cartoons before this, "Suddenly It's Spring" (1944) and the extra-long "Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy" (1941).

The mom's kind of a prick though...

Poor, blind child has such a vivid imagination. 🥹